Telltale Symptoms Of Children Using Drugs: As drug abuse escalates
across the country, it’s imperative that parents, educators, and
healthcare providers be knowledgeable of the telltale signs and symptoms
of drug abuse in children.

5 Cyberthreat Tips for Business Email: No matter how diligent we are
about cybersecurity, hackers are becoming more sophisticated and devious
in how they trick people into clicking on things they shouldn’t –
allowing them to penetrate networks and steal private records and money.
Here are 5 tips for securing business email.

Bullying Awareness & Prevention Guide (LearnPsychology): Bullying is
an age-old problem but with technology comes more ways for people to
experience bullying. Learn about types of bullying, including
cyberbullying, and ways to stop it.

Bullying in Schools: The Impact on Children and How You Can Help.
Who are the victims of school bullying? According to the CDC, youth with
disabilities, learning differences, sexual/gender identity differences
or cultural differences are often most vulnerable to being bullied.
Unfortunately, only about 20 to 30 percent of students who are bullied
notify adults. That’s why it’s important to recognize the signs of
bullying so you can intervene while positive outcomes are still
possible.

Stop
Bullying: created by the U.S.
Health Resources and Services Administration. Provides information from
various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is,
who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying. Stop Bullying Now!

The Bullying Business: Bullying has always been about singling
people out and excluding them for their differences. – bullying is
more pervasive (and invasive) than ever. To counter this, a number
of community groups, national organizations, and entrepreneurs are
working to not only give counseling to kids who are suffering from
bullying, but to prevent bullying from occurring in the first place.

100 Ways to Prevent Identity Theft: "The Bureau of Justice
Statistics claimed in 2012 that approximately 7% of people aged 16 or
older were identity theft victims. Even worse, identity thieves target
children too."

Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz: The Pew Research Center offers this
ten question cybersecurity quiz that allows visitors to test their own
knowledge of cybersecurity issues and see how their knowledge compares
to 1,055 Pew research survey participants. After completing this
multiple choice quiz, users can check the accuracy of their answers and
learn more about a variety of cyber security issues.

Campus Guide to Internet Safety for College Students & Teens:
"Research shows 55% of Americans ages 18 to 29 have experienced at
least one type of data theft. Whether you’re a concerned parent, a
teacher or a student yourself, get information on the best ways to
keep personal information and identity safe online."

Protecting Yourself Against Identity Theft & Fraud: A Guide For
Millennials (Totally Money). This resource will provide you with
advice on how to safeguard against potential invasions of your
personal information. From understanding how you could be targeted,
to strengthening your security measures, let’s find out everything
you should be doing to protect yourself against attack.

Family Watchdog (National Sex Offender Registry):
"Free national US
search for registered sex offenders. Map registered sex offenders to see
who lives in your area." The mission is to build a bilingual safety portal
for awareness of nearby threats by providing accessible and accurate sex
offender location information. Contains information from all states, and
is updated on a daily basis to ensure that the information is as current
as the states from which sex offender data is received.

How to Protect Your Children on Their Smartphone: If you really want
to be on top of protecting your kid from the potential dangers of smart
phone use, then the infographic below is exactly what you’ve been
looking for. Don’t know your Snapchat from your Kik? You can bet that
your kid does, so maybe it’s time that you got with the programme and
found out precisely how to protect a modern kid from the dangers of the
modern world.

Identity Theft Protection Guide: Keep Your Family Safe. Identity
theft is what happens when someone’s personal information has been
stolen for fraudulent purposes. A thief will obtain confidential
information such as Social Security numbers, bank account information,
phone numbers, addresses, and medical policies to open new fraudulent
accounts or to access already existing accounts.

Microsoft Digital Literacy Online Course: The goal of Digital
Literacy is to teach and assess basic computer concepts and skills
so that people can use computer technology in everyday life to
develop new social and economic opportunities for themselves, their
families, and their communities.

Enough Is
Enough® (EIE): mission is to Make the Internet Safer for Children
and Families. We stand for freedom of speech as defined by the
Constitution of the United States; for a culture where all people are
respected and valued; for a childhood with a protected period of
innocence; for healthy sexuality; and for a society free from sexual
exploitation.

Google’s Be Internet Awesome: teaches kids the fundamentals of
digital citizenship and safety so they can explore the online world
with confidence.

How Can I Tell If a Website Is Safe? Look For These 5 Signs: A
resource published by SiteLock that walks the reader through five things
you should look for if you are uncertain of a website’s trustworthiness
– including "https" URLs, privacy policies, contact information, trust
seals, and signs of malware.

How to Set Parental Controls On All Your Devices: helps reduce
the risk of your child viewing inappropriate content on the web. In
addition to setting parental controls, it’s important to monitor
your child’s internet activity and use age-appropriate settings on
devices.

Internet Safety 101: an initiative of Enough Is Enough, whose
mission is to make the Internet Safer for Children and Families.

Parent's Guide to Internet Safety: "Children and teens today are
more tech-savvy than ever, having grown up with the technology we've
seen evolve so quickly over time. But even when your kids have as much
technical know-how as adults, they don't yet have the experience and
discernment necessary to keep them safe online."

A Parent’s Guide to Tackling Teen Technology Use: They grew up on
Wi-Fi and touchscreens. We learned on floppy discs and dot-matrix
printers. When kids begin to explore more than Dora and Webkinz online,
parents struggle to stay on top of new technology, trends, and tracking
what our kids do online.

StaySafeOnline (National Cyber Security Alliance): to educate and
therefore empower a digital society to use the Internet safely and
securely at home, work, and school, protecting the technology
individuals use, the networks they connect to, and our shared digital
assets.

E-Safety Guide: For Parents & Kids | To Keep Kids Safe Online.
According to the Merton Safeguarding Children Board, e-safety
refers to the protection of young individuals when they use
gadgets and the Internet. Thus, it’s concerned not only with
online activities but also with how children use their
smartphones, tablets, and other devices.

Ultimate Parent's Guide to Internet Safety: When 97 percent of
under 4s have used a mobile device at least once, it's clearly
impractical to ban them from the net altogether.…However too much
Internet use can also lead to a number of health and social
problems.

What Is Doxxing (With Examples) and How Do You Avoid It: Doxxing
involves researching the details of people’s lives. The purpose of
this practice is either to expose that person to legal prosecution,
to embarrass the victim, to draw criticism towards that person, or
to cause them physical harm.

What Is Social Engineering? (KnowBe4): Social Engineering is the
art of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving you in order to gain
control over your computer system. The hacker might use the phone,
email, snail mail or direct contact to gain illegal access.
Phishing, spear phishing, and CEO Fraud are all examples.

WiredSafety.org: the world's largest Internet safety and help group.
Provides help, information and education to Internet and mobile device
users of all ages. Helps victims of cyberabuse ranging from online fraud,
cyberstalking and child safety, to hacking and malicious code attacks.
Also help for parents with issues, such as MySpace and cyberbullying.

The AAA Digest of Motor Laws: online compendium of laws and rules
related to driving and owning a motor vehicle in the United States and
Canada. Use the map to browse each state’s traffic laws, driver’s
license, vehicle titling and registration requirements, and fees and
taxes.

Busted Halo’s The Freshman Survival Guide: the first to deal
with the whole student, treating the intellectual, physical, emotional
and spiritual lives of college students as intimately connected aspects
of their overall success.

Calendar-365: Calendar is very useful when you are
looking for a specific date (holiday or vacation for example). Also
every week number for every day is displayed for the year with all
public/bank holidays and week numbers, a nice moon calendar and a lot
more.

Codecademy - School Computer Science Curriculum: Teaching beginners
to code in HTML, Python, Java, and other languages. Readers will find
eight interactive lessons dedicated to HTML Basics, another eight
explicating CSS, and a full 36 lessons orbiting the complexities of
Python.

College Life (CollegeConfidential.com): covers all aspects of the
post-decision phase: from travel planning, to packing, to freshman year.

Curious: Believe in
lifelong learning. Learning for its own sake. Learning that happens
beyond classrooms, and not only in academic subjects (unless you count
beer brewing, pipe soldering, and organic gardening as academic).
Learning as a necessity of living.

Cybersecurity Curriculum Resources – National Initiative for
Cybersecurity Education (NICE): These resources from the National
Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies provide tools for
educators who are looking for ways to integrate cybersecurity into their
lesson plans and classroom activities.

Family Education:
Information for parents on every aspect of family life. Includes
resources on child health, child development, nutrition and fitness for
the whole family, and child safety.

The Higher Education Compliance Alliance: designed to be a
continuously updated resource for administrators and others on campus
seeking to understand their compliance obligations. The website will
aggregate compliance news and resources from participating associations.
It will include advice from college and university attorneys and risk
managers.

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation: inspires people to practice kindness and to 'pass
it on' to others. With all of the pressures of everyday living, too often
we forget the difference that simple acts of kindness can make In Your
Classroom and In Your Community.

Study in the States (Department of Homeland Security): A new DHS
website to assist international students interesting in studying in the
United States.…It will be a "one-stop shop" for questions about visas,
visa renewals and qualification requirements for students looking to
come to the United States to study.

TimeMe:
Free
web-based timer and stopwatch for your web browser. It can be used to time
meetings, class tests or any other events. Due to its huge display it can
be easily used in conference rooms with many people or classrooms with
students.

MD Travel Health
:
Complete travel health information for physicians and travelers. Helps
travelers look up the country of their choice and offers suggestions on
which vaccinations to get, what symptoms to look out for, what precautions
to take and what food items to avoid.

USA Ultimate: National Governing Body for the sport of Ultimate in
the United States. "To advance the sport of Ultimate in the United
States by enhancing and promoting Character, Community, and
Competition."

WatchKnowLearn: Index of over 33,000+ educational videos, placing
them into a directory of over 3,000 categories. The videos are available
without any registration or fees to teachers in the classroom and to
students at home 24/7. Users can dive into our innovative directory or
search for videos by subject and age level. Video titles, descriptions,
age level information, and ratings are all edited for usefulness.

YouTube EDU: devoted to videos of interviews, courses, and lectures from professors at
top colleges and universities.

Careers: How-To Guide (Wall Street Journal). Includes Your Career in
a Tough Economy | How to Start a Job Search | How to Succeed in a Job
Interview | Managing Your Career | How to Overcome Career Obstacles | How
to Identify Job Opportunities | How to Search for a Job | How to Work
With Executive Recruiters.

Standing Out After the Interview (Inside Higher Ed): Almost everyone
takes steps to prepare and practice for an interview, but crucial
communication should occur after an interview that can help you stand
out as a candidate. In fact, sometimes, not communicating effectively
post-interview could even cost you a job.

Resume Training and Templates (Zip Recruiter): When it comes to
looking for a job, your resume is one of the most important tools you
have. It’s one of the best ways to showcase your unique skills and
experience to employers, which is the first step to getting the
interviews (and job) you want.

Accounting Resume: Sample and Complete Guide. "Tips and examples of
how to put skills and achievements on an accounts receivable resume. How
to describe your experience on a resume for accounting to get any job
you want."

Taking a Gap Year Before Graduate School: College graduates are
increasingly taking a gap year before graduate school. Read on to learn
about this growing trend, how college graduates can decide whether a gap
year is right for them, the kinds of opportunities out there and the
pros and cons of taking a potentially life-changing gap year.

CollegeAtlas -
A World of Higher Learning: Helping aspiring students and education
minded professionals make an informed decision about which college to
attend or which degree program to pursue by providing them with
relevant, reliable and up-to-date information about college and higher
education opportunities.

CollegeView
Lets you research over 3000 colleges to find the perfect fit. There’s even
a help course for pointers on preparing those dreaded admission essays.
You can search for scholarships, download the admissions applications and
in general find all pertinent information without having to individually
correspond with every institution in which you might be interested. This
site is not just for high schoolers; it also has career counseling for
those of us who do not know what we want to be when we grow up.

MatchCollege: Over 6,000 colleges and universities listed,
providing information on housing, financial aid, tuition, admissions,
athletics, current events and more…Schools can be filtered by state,
city and type of degrees offered.

The Best MOOC Platforms of 2017 by Review.com: Massive Open Online
Courses (MOOCs) are providing access to world-class education to anyone
with an internet connection, which opens up a world of
possibilities.…Additionally, those who can’t afford to quit their job to
go back to school to further or change their career path can take MOOCs
in their free time.

OnlineEducation.com: Guide to Online Degree Programs. Building the
definitive guide for students and academics researching online
education.

Financial Aid for Online Students: A comprehensive guide to
understanding your financial aid options for online colleges. Learn what
is available, how to apply, and get expert FAFSA® advice from several
education experts.

Future Learn:
Offers a diverse selection of free, and paid for, online courses from
leading universities and cultural institutions from around the world.
These are delivered one step at a time, and are accessible on mobile,
tablet and desktop, so you can fit learning around your life.

The GED Academy: GED practice tests with hundreds of actual GED practice test
questions in all five subject areas - math, science, reading, social
studies, and test writing including the essay.

MIT
OpenCourseWare: free publication of MIT course materials that
reflects almost all the undergraduate and graduate subjects taught at
MIT. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT
activity.

Tufts University OpenCourseWare: Includes a wide range of materials, including lecture
notes, syllabi, extensive bibliographies, and various media presentations.
Visitors can click on the "Courses" heading, which will return a complete
list of all the currently available course materials. Ranging from an
introductory course on agricultural science and policy to a "physics for
humanists" course, there are a number of real finds here.

The Dartmouth E-guide to Academic Success: Introduces readers to the
idea of a growth mindset and explaining how to set effective goals for
college, then walks readers through strategies for time management. The
e-guide also includes a variety of methods for important study skills
such as taking useful notes, reading efficiently, and writing college
essays.

Academic Research Guide and Link Portal: explains "the most
efficient way to conduct online research, how to assess the legitimacy
of sources, how to cite them the correct way, and conclude with a broad
list of resources spanning a multitude of fields."

BBC:
Skillswise. the BBC created Skillswise, a free online tool developed
to assist adult learners and adult educators on topics of English
Literacy, Math and Vocational Education.

Chegg Prep Flashcards: Students can easily find, create, share and
study flashcards for any subject — without a monthly subscription. Plus,
a massive repository of 20M+ already-created-flashcards for students to
study or use in their own flashcard decks.

Fabmarks SAT:
offers access to structured courses on SAT, ACT, and PSAT prep for free.
The math, reading and writing resources contain practice questions,
simulated full-length tests, and test analytics in. These materials are
carefully designed by experts to help test takers improve their scores.

Free
Test Online - Standardized Tests Math and Science Practice for SAT,
ACT, CLEP, Advanced Placement and GMAT standardized tests. Designed for
students who are looking for free test practice and help and teachers who
are searching for teaching resources.

Fact Monster: reference
site for kids that provides a dictionary, encyclopedia, almanac as well as
homework help and a variety of daily features, including This Day in
History, Today's Birthday, and educational games – Fact Monster is indeed
a monster site!

Fora.tv: A collection of free
video lectures & talks from some of the world's most influential thinkers.

FreeVideoLectures: Bringing Free Education to All: "to organize the world's educational
videos and make them universally accessible and down-loadable". Offers 90
+ free online video courses from leading universities. All courses are
categorized by Subjects and Universities. Subjects range from the usual
Anatomy, Economics, and History.

HomeworkNYC.org
developed by The New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Public Library and
the Queens Public Library in coordination with the New York City
Department of Education as part of the "Learning in Libraries" initiative,
supported by The Wallace Foundation. The site will assist students
throughout New York City with their homework, research and studies."
Learning in Libraries" focuses on changing the way libraries serve youth
outside of the classroom.

HomeworkSpot.com: K-12
homework-related resources for English, math, science, history, art,
music, technology, foreign language, college prep, health, life skills,
extracurricular activities and much more. Also features a powerful
reference center that provides free, immediate access to many of the
world's best libraries, museums, and current event sources.

Study Tips for College Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia: This
guide defines and explores three of the most common learning
disabilities among college students: dyslexia, dysgraphia and
dyscalculia. Additionally, it provides actionable strategies, expert
tips and resources for sharing disabilities with instructors, learning
in the classroom as well as preparing for and taking exams.

Scholastic.com: 'Where Children Love to Learn and Learn to Grow.' This site has a wealth
of information organized into sections, including one for Families that
has 'everything you need to know to encourage a love of learning,' one for
Kids where the younger set can find lots of online fun and experience
their favorite characters coming to life, and a section for Teachers chock
full of classroom tools and other resources. Continually updated with
weekly articles and new activities.

Generator
School Network: online community who discovered they can change the
world through service-learning. The GSN is the leading resource for fast
and easy sharing, service-learning professional development, and
networking.

Going Back to School After the Military: You know you’ve gained
valuable skills and life experience during your military service, and
you want to put those assets to good use in that next chapter. Now it’s
time to take the next step.

Grants for Veterans: provides comprehensive details on grants for
veterans. These grants are given away for free, and they could help low
income veterans with bills, mortgage, rent, housing, college, and
medications. Please note that grants are only given for veterans who can
prove financial difficulties.

KinderCare proudly supports U.S. Military…has partnered with Child
Care Aware® of America to offer fee assistance for eligible active duty
military families and a solution to address their child care needs when
care at an on-base Child Development Center (CDC) isn’t available.

PATRIOTlink®: a free online resource database that includes
thousands of programs tailored to the military and Veteran community.
Users can search vetted, direct, cost-free services specific to their
needs.

Accounting Made Simple: helping students, small business owners, and
others interested in learning, refreshing and applying accounting
knowledge. Aspects ranging from principles of financial and managerial
accounting to practical advice are covered in lectures, tutorials,
articles.

Debt Payoff Calculator: "one of our missions is to help people break
free from debt and get on the road to financial independence." Create a
Payoff Plan: See how making a few extra payments will get you debt-free
faster than you think.

IRS Withholding Calculator: The IRS encourages everyone to use the
Withholding Calculator to perform a quick "paycheck checkup." This is
even more important this year because of recent changes to the tax law
for 2018.

Living Wage Calculator: Helps estimate the cost of living in your
community or region. It's an interesting policy tool and it can be used
to teach students about economics, the job market, and much more.

OK
Calculator: Free online calculators to provide users the opportunity
to calculate, analyze and make informed and financial decisions.

Basics of Building Credit: The goal of the lesson plans are to
educate children between the ages of 6-18 about the different aspects of
building credit and credit card ownership. Scroll down for the free
lesson plans by school grades.

Better Money Habits (Khan Academy & Bank of America Partnership):
New way to learn the "why" and the "how" behind personal finance to help
you put that knowledge into practice more effectively than ever before.

Business Dictionary: over 20,000 definitions and over 115,000 links
between related terms providing a clear and concise description of any and
all business terms.

BusinessUSA.gov: The
cross-agency web site managed by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Includes Small Business Guides, Gov’t Forms, State & Local Info and
Resources. Also, a new search feature to help business owners and
prospective business owners find government financial assistance for their
enterprises.

Business Plans and Profiles Index (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh): A
subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business
types. This index lists types of small businesses and a corresponding
sample business plan, profile or book about the business with sources
provided after each entry.

Business Reference Services (LOC): All major business subjects are covered,
including industry information, commerce, statistics, banking, insurance,
economics, finance, investment, marketing, and more.

Business Writer’s Free Library Writing letters or memos in the world of
business is an acquired skill, and those beginning to learn about this
process will appreciate this site, which was designed by the Authenticity
Counseling Company. The helpful resources offered here are divided into
several sections, including "General Resources and Advice", "Basic Writing
Skills", and "Basic Composition Skills". One other section is worth noting
as well, and this is the section titled "Some Types of Correspondence".
This is perhaps the section most relevant to business writing practices,
as it includes sample memos, meeting minutes, and procedures for composing
effective business emails.

Ideas Worth Teaching (The Aspen Institute):
tightly curated, weekly email for business school
faculty to prompt new conversations in the classroom about the
relationships between corporations, capital markets, and the public
good.

The Economic Research Service (USDA): a primary source of
economic information and research programs to inform public and private
decision-making on economic and policy issues involving food, farming,
natural resources, and rural development.

Economics U$A - 21st Century Edition (Annenberg Learner). This primer
on micro- and macroeconomics includes 28 30-minute programs. These
materials cover topics such as Supply and Demand, Economic Efficiency,
and Profits and Interest. Educators will be glad to learn that the
complete program website includes discussion questions, worksheets, and
additional activities for the classroom.

ExecutivePlanet: Guide to international business culture, customs,
and etiquette, which covers many aspects of doing business worldwide.
Dress is covered as is entertaining appropriately and even acceptable
public behavior.

GameTheory.net
-
provides resource materials to educators and students of game theory,
including the application of game theory to economics, business, political
science, computer science, and other disciplines.

Guide to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA):
Agencies and companies hoping to benefit from the half-trillion dollars in
economic stimulus spending need to understand the scope and seriousness of
ARRA reporting requirements aimed at preventing fraud, waste and abuse.
Investing time, effort and resources today to establish and improve
compliance processes and controls can help organizations mitigate
potentially catastrophic problems later. Explore the resources to learn
more.

IdentityTheft.gov: Recovering from identity theft is easier with a
plan. The FTC "provides an interactive checklist that walks people
through the recovery process and helps them understand which recovery
steps should be taken upon learning their identity has been stolen. It
also provides sample letters and other helpful resources."

IRS Exempt Organizations Select Check. The IRS has launched a new
tool to find more information about tax-exempt organizations. "In
addition, organizations that have automatically lost their tax
exemptions may now be searched by EIN, name, city, state, ZIP Code,
country, exemption type, and revocation posting date, rather than only
by state."

Investopedia:
With a nice collection of free tutorials that can take you from the most
basic skills to advanced information, this site can be considered one of
the best beginner’s resource online to learn to invest money. There are
even real exercises and mock tests to help you if you are taking CFA
professional exams.

Learn Marketing:
offers a variety of resources designed to provide education in the field
of marketing - including PowerPoints, clipart, lectures, quizzes,
glossaries and more. It includes information on marketing mix, research
and segmentation. Marketing information is directed both at domestic and
international fields.

The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College: to "serve the wider policymaking
community in the United States and the rest of the world by enabling
scholars and leaders in business, labor, and government to work together
on problems of common interest."

Microsoft Excel Tutorials: Looking to get better at Excel? For free?
SpreedSheet0 released a 7-part free Excel course. The training gives you
a strong foundation and understanding of Excel – in just about a week.
"No hidden fees."

Excel Easy:
tutorial (Introduction, Basics, Functions, Data Analysis and VBA) on how
to use Excel.

How to Excel: MS Excel tips & tricks, full tutorials, templates,
and more.

PowerSpreadsheets: detailed and thorough (free) tutorials about
Excel and Visual Basic for Applications.

Trump Excel:
Excel the smart way: A Microsoft Excel MVP (Most Valuable Professional)
writes a blog covering various topics such as Excel Tips, VBA Tips,
Charting Tips, Dashboard Tips, Pivot Table, and Templates. It has more
than 350+ free tutorials as of now and is regularly with new tips.

MyMoney.gov (U.S.
Financial Literacy and Education Commission): dedicated to teaching all
Americans the basics about financial education. Whether you are planning
to buy a home, balancing your checkbook, or investing in your 401k, the
resources on MyMoney.gov can help you do it better.

MyMoney.gov – Resources for Teachers and Educators: Provides
information about and links to a collection of federal guides and
curricula for teaching financial capability concepts.…including those
who work with children as well as practitioners who teach adults.

Practical Money Skills for Life: Financial Literacy for Everyone:
an online resource for educators, parents and students focused on
financial literacy and education.

How to Make Money in Retirement: A Guide to Turning a Hobby into a
Side Business. Many retirees have turned side interests into income.
Learn how to make money in retirement, including getting started,
getting funding and what it means for taxes.

Small Business Learning Center: Free Online Courses. Programs and
services to help you start, grow and succeed. Most of the courses take
approximately 30 minutes to complete, and they include such offerings as
"Starting Your Small Business," "Developing a Successful Business Plan,"
and "Building Your Brand."

Small Business – USA.gov: Learn the steps to start a small business,
starting a non-profit, business tax information, get financing help from
the government, and more.

Smart About Money (National Endowment for Financial Education): a
non-profit that aims to educate and prepare Americans to successfully
face financial challenges throughout all stages of life. Check out an
excellent "Resource Library" link that contains articles, online
courses, curriculum, and tools from NEFE and other unbiased
sources…choose from almost two dozen topics, including "Home Ownership",
"Bankruptcy", "Investing", "Hiring a Financial Planner", and "Buying a
Car".

StartupNation: If you are looking for expert advice on all aspects of starting and
growing a business, and want to learn in an entertaining way, you've come
to the right place - StartupNation®. If so, you are joining a robust
community of entrepreneurs and small business owners who are also "living
the dream" everyday.

U.S. Federal Reserve – History Web Gateway: "…offers students,
educators, researchers, and others information about the founding of the
Fed and its purpose, more than 230 biographies of key individuals,
essays on major events in the Fed’s history, and access to various Fed
archives."

United States Money - A Guide to Information Sources (LOC): Resources on the history
of money in the United States from colonial times to the present. Although
the focus is on the United States, we have included a few selected
resources that also briefly cover the early history of money elsewhere in
the world.

U.S. Treasury - Office of Financial Education: Educational
resources developed by organizations within the U.S. Treasury and designed
for teachers, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and others. The materials here include
"Money Smart", which is a curriculum designed to help adults understand
basic financial services and "Building Wealth", which presents an overview
of such important strategies as creating a household budget and managing
debt.

YouAreHere
(Federal Trade Commission): "Where kids learn to be smarter
consumers." A "virtual mall" that will help students in
5th-8th grade learn to protect their privacy, spot frauds and scams, and
avoid identity theft. The FTC Web site introduces key consumer and
business concepts and helps youngsters understand their role in the
marketplace.

Parents and Teachers: For your convenience, we have provided a brief
description of each store in the mall. We’ve also provided fact sheets,
lesson plans and classroom activities that complement the site. The site
can be used to support lessons in critical thinking, language arts,
writing, media literacy, business, civics, and social studies.

14 Acrylic Painting Techniques Used by the Masters. Painting has
proven to be one of the most marketable forms of art. While some of the
oldest methods date back thousands of years, acrylic painting is a
relatively recent innovation that originated within the last century.

Color Theory Tutorial Color theory has been worked on by a number of
individuals over the years, and those with an interest in the field
include artists, scientists, and of course, interior designers. Visitors
can learn about the basics of color, complementary colors, and concepts
such as contrast, dominance, proportion, and intensity.

Guitar
Chords 365: Learn to play the guitar. All the Guitar Chords are
organized by family and in Alphabetic Order so that you can find the
Chord you are looking for easily! These are the most popular guitar
chords that most beginners start with. Click on the family and then the
name of the guitar chord to see to play the chord!

Google Cultural Institute: Discover exhibits and collections from
museums and archives all around the world. Explore cultural treasures in
extraordinary detail, from hidden gems to masterpieces.

LIFE
Photo Archive: Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo
archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published
and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE
and Google.

Musopen:
non-profit intent on providing classical music resources and educational
materials online. On the site, readers will find recordings, sheet
music, and even textbooks free of charge. One may click either Music
Catalog, Sheet Music, or Music Education to begin scouting the site.

Stradivari Quartet 1963-1996 recordings now available online in Iowa
Digital Library (The University of Iowa Libraries). Forty-four years
after its first public performance, the Stradivari String Quartet now
has audio recordings from 1963-1996 publicly available in the Iowa
Digital Library.

Accountable Journalism: more than 400 searchable codes of ethics
from media outlets around the world. According to the site, "it is
important to recognize the value of media codes not just for traditional
reporters, but for anyone using the mass social media tools and who are
regularly committing acts of journalism."

AllYouCanRead: the largest database of magazines and newspapers on
the Internet, with listings for about 25,000 magazines, newspapers and
top news sites from all over the world.

American Cinema
(Annenberg Media group): Teaching creative thinking through American film.
Produced by the New York Center for Visual History along with KCET/Los
Angeles and the BBC, this thirteen-part series contains 10 one-hour and 3
half-hour video programs. Visitors will need to register to watch the
programs, but after doing so they can watch all of them in their entirety,
and they may also view special extras, like the classroom exercise
"Writing a Scene."

Reel
Classics: dedicated exclusively to Classic Movies and the stars. You'll find
pictures and information on movies and musicals as well as biographies and
pictures of the actors and actresses. Not to be left out, the Movie Makers
section features the directors, producers, costume designers,
choreographers and other support artists and, of course, the studios.

Black
and White Movies: Mostly public domain films with expired
copyright. A large collection of classic old movies from the 1920’s up
to the 1970’s. Movies are categorized into different genres such as
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, War, and more.

Business Journalism Created by the Reynolds National
Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State University. Include
instructional materials, including tutorials on how to cover financial
markets and understanding financial markets.

Butterick's Practical
Typography: offers sage and thoughtful advice about how typography
can be used to enhance and illuminate good prose. Look over the
"Typography in Ten Minutes" area to get a sense of some bedrock
principles introduced in the work. For those with more time, the
complete work is also available here, along with a Summary of Key Rules
and the all-important Why Typography Matters area.

The Center for Social Media Impact (American University's School of Communication): We investigate,
showcase and set standards for socially engaged media-making. We organize
conferences, publish research, create codes of best practices, and
incubate media strategies.

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video: This document
is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers,
copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video
interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to
use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some
circumstances.

Communications Skill Articles
- Impact Communications, Inc. If you move your mouse over the button
titled "Articles" you will see a drop down menu – the left column of
articles is about Presentation Communication Skills and the articles in
right column are about Telephone Communication Skills. Click on any year
and you will see the articles written in that year.

CyberJournalist.net: "premier news and resource site about how the
digital technology is transforming the media."…"Offers tips, news and
commentary about the future of media, social media, mobile trends,
innovation in media, online journalism and digital storytelling."

The Film Literature Index (FLI) annually indexes 150 film and
television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other
periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The
periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular. More than 2,000
subject headings provide detailed analysis of the articles.

Folkstreams: To say that finding
certain obscure documentaries can be difficult is quite an understatement.
Fortunately, finding documentary films about American folk or roots
culture just got much easier, courtesy of the good people at
Folkstreams.net. On this website, visitors can view dozens of very
compelling documentaries.

kdmcBerkeley (The Knight Digital Media Center at UC Berkeley Graduate
School of Journalism) offers multimedia workshops to career journalists,
communication professionals and higher education. Our hands-on training in
digital media includes workshops in data visualization, multimedia content
production to the web, and social media with a focus on storytelling,
technology and innovation –
Tutorials.

Media
College educational
resource for all forms of electronic media. Topics include video &
television production, audio work, photography, graphics, web design and
more. There are a number of free downloads, including a "Talent Release
Form" and "US Copyright Application Form PA," under Downloads > Forms in
the link at the top of the page.

Media Education - A Kit for Teachers, Students, Parents and
Professionals. It
proposes a prototype of media education curriculum for the basic
qualification of secondary school teachers, but it also extends to adults
outside the school system, be they parent, media professional or
decision-maker. In addition to a teachers’ manual and accompanying
students’ handbook, the kit also contains a manual for parents as well as
a handbook on ethical relations with professionals and one on internet
literacy.

News Writing
(Annenberg Media): A video instructional series on writing and reporting
for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 15 half-hour
video programs and coordinated books.

Nido Qubein Resource Center: Free Articles on "How to be an Effective Communicator,"
"How To Write Effectively," "The Art of Persuasion," and more.

Poynter Online: Everything you need
to know to be a better journalist.

Reporter's Guide to Multimedia Proficiency: Guidance for journalists
who are ready to learn how to transform themselves into multimedia
journalists. This series should demystify many of the new options for
storytelling that have been made possible by digital tools.

Reuters: Handbook of Journalism. This handbook is not intended as a collection
of "rules". Beyond the obvious, such as the cardinal sin of plagiarism,
the dishonesty of fabrication or the immorality of bribe-taking,
journalism is a profession that has to be governed by ethical guiding
principles rather than by rigid rules.

'Today's Front Pages: Newseum: an online presentation with more
than 800 newspapers worldwide. "The Newseum
features seven levels of galleries, theaters, retail spaces and visitor
services. It offers a unique environment that takes museum-goers behind
the scenes to experience how and why news is made."

TV News
Archive Search the closed captioning text of
over 350,000 TV news broadcasts since 2009. CNN, Fox New’s and MSNBC’s
broadcast schedule in its entirety is backed up here, as is every major
network’s nightly news programs and news magazines. Even The Daily Show
and The Colbert Report are completely searchable on this single site –
just type a term and if it shows up in the closed captioning records,
you’ll see a video, instantly.

Vimeo Video School: Online Learning Resource For Beginner Filmmakers. Learn
how to make better videos with lessons and tutorials.

Who Owns Photos and Videos Posted on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter?
Law Offices of Craig Delsack, LLC | New York, NYC. You may be shocked to
find out that once you post pictures on the Internet – perhaps on
Facebook or Twitter (using Twitpic), or some other social network or
photo-sharing site, that although you still "own" the photograph, you
grant the social media sites a license to use your photograph anyway
they see fit for free AND you grant them the right to let others use you
picture as well! This means that not only can Twitter, Twitpic and
Facebook make money from the photograph or video (otherwise, a copyright
violation), but these sites are making commercial gain by licensing
these images, which contains the likeness of the person in the photo or
video (otherwise, a violation of their "rights of publicity").

Teach.com: a comprehensive educational web resource dedicated to
discovering, discussing and encouraging great teaching around the world.

Classroom Management (Scholastic): a Collection of Resources for
Teachers. Those who are early in their teaching careers may especially
appreciate this collection of classroom management resources, but
experienced teachers may also find some new ideas here.

PBS Newshour – Teachers' Lounge: thoughtful essays from educators
about a variety of classroom issues, including reflections on how to
best teach current events, analysis of issues affecting contemporary
youths, and notes about teaching in different settings around the world.

Common Core Lesson Plans (FormSwift): Math, Science & English Lesson
Plans. All three lesson plan templates are free to customize and
download - no account sign-up is necessary. The enactment of The Common
Core State Standards in forty-four states and Washington D.C. has
changed the educational landscape of primary and secondary education in
the United States. Our Common Core-aligned lesson plans are designed to
help teachers and educational professionals adapt quickly to The Common
Core State Standards.

Crash Course: the gold standard of educational videos. The
production quality of its animations is amazing, and the topics range
from economics, to astronomy, and from the U.S. Government, to World
History, and more! These videos are legitimate educational materials
used in schools all over the United States – and for good reason.
They’re well-made, they’re insightful, they’re interesting, and best of
all, they’re fun.

Early Childhood Education: Effective teaching practices in
center-based settings with 3- to 5-year-old children who are not yet in
kindergarten: teaching phonological awareness and using interactive and
dialogic reading. Find tools and templates you can use (Department of
Education).

Education Nation: NBC News' initiative to engage the country in
a solutions-focused conversation about the state of education in
America.

EDSITEment (The National Endowment for the Humanities): The Best of
the Humanities on the Web.

Lesson Plans: Explore the library of humanities lesson plans by
subject, theme, and grade level. Find
Art & Culture lessons on anthropology, art history, folklore,
mythology, religion, and more
Foreign Language lessons on languages and the cultures of which they
are a part;
History & Social Studies lessons on American (including our popular
AP U.S. History index) and World History, civics, government and
society; and
Literature & Language Arts lessons on great writing and great
literary works throughout the ages.

Student Resources: interactive activities that can be used to
support related lesson plans or as standalone activities in the
classroom. Browse the library of student resources by grade level or
subject area below.

Edudemic – connecting education & technology: Focused on connecting
educators, administrators, parents, and even students to technology
resources and ideas. However, the site truly shines as a resource for
Educators & scout the categories of Teacher's Guides and For Teachers.

ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center: An internet-based digital
library of education research and information sponsored by the Institute
of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC
provides access to bibliographic records of journal and non-journal
literature indexed from 1966 to the present.

Pedagogy Unbound Educational Technology: launched in 2013 by David
Gooblar in order to provide a space for college instructors to discuss
and share ideas about curriculum, instruction, and pedagogy in higher
education.

Practical Prof: Readers will find sections on Preparing to Teach,
Teaching Nuts & Bolts, Observation & Feedback, Assessment, and Learners
in Difficulty. Many of these resources can be used by professionals in
any field. For instance, under the Observations & Feedback page, readers
will find excellent tips, such as making feedback descriptive, specific,
balanced, well timed, limited, and possible to implement.

ReadWriteThink: provides educators, parents, and afterschool
professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading
and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free
materials.

Resources Toolkit for New Teachers: The first several years, as new
teachers begin to master their field, can be an overwhelming series of
fits and starts, trial and error. This list of resources, compiled by
the team at Edutopia, can be a helpful aid for both new educators and
more experienced teachers looking for assistance with classroom
management, working with parents, lesson planning, and more.

Stop Bullying: created by the U.S.
Health and Human Services (HHS). Provides information from
various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is,
who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying. Stop Bullying Now!

Teach
With Movies: the premiere site on the Internet showing teachers
how to create lesson plans using movies and film - TeachWithMovies is
now Free for everyone. In addition, teachers in public and non-profit
schools may copy TWM curriculum materials for use in their classrooms.
Parents may copy TWM curriculum materials for use in educating their
children.

Teacher.org: a
website for teachers by teachers. Since great educators are always
needed, we aim to continuously inform and encourage aspiring and current
teachers. Check out the
Resources
tab for FAQs and lesson plans.

Business Writer’s Free Library: The helpful resources offered here are divided into
several sections, including "General Resources and Advice", "Basic Writing
Skills", and "Basic Composition Skills". One other section is worth noting
as well, and this is the section titled "Some Types of Correspondence".
Includes sample memos, meeting minutes, and procedures for composing
effective business emails.

"Common Errors in English Usage" by Paul Brians (Emeritus Professor
of English Washington State University): This is not a site dealing with
grammar in general. Here we’re concerned only with deviations from the
standard use of English as judged by sophisticated users such as
professional writers, editors, teachers, and literate executives and
personnel officers.

English Verb Conjugation:
Conjugation is the regular arrangement of the forms of the verb in the
various voices…conjugates 15,000 verbs in the affirmative, interrogative,
and negative forms, with all tenses and persons. There are popular
conjugated verbs on the front page, too (along with some verbs generally
regarded as rude - watch your filters.)

ESL Tools & Resources(UsingEnglish.com) a large collection of English as a Second Language
(ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics.
Browse our grammar glossary and references of irregular verbs, phrasal
verbs and idioms, ESL forums, articles, teacher handouts and printables,
and find useful links and information on English.

Basic English Speaking Lessons– your free go-to resource to
improve English speaking skills: Includes Basic English Grammar,
Common English Expressions, Common Sentence Patterns, Daily English
Conversation by Topic.

Cambridge English: Resources for Teachers. For teachers of
English as a Second Language, the Cambridge English offers resources
based on the organization's 100-plus years of helping English
language learners..any ESL teacher will find helpful tips in the
many free sample papers, lesson plans, teacher guides, and videos.

EF Standard English Test (EFSET): An online free English
proficiency test to the same standards as the TOEFL and IELTS exams.
An excellent practice resource for students looking to pass their
language proficiency exams, or find an accurate measure of their
current English level.

English Language Reference includes definitions of English grammar terms,
irregular verbs, phrasal verbs and idioms. Also includes links to online
dictionaries.

Nonstopenglish.com: a FREE English as a Second language (ESL)
and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) activity website. You can
practice English language with our online interactive exercises.

Grammar Book (The
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation). #1 Source for Grammar and
Punctuation Answers. Learn all about who and whom, affect and effect,
subjects and verbs, adjectives and adverbs, commas, semicolons, quotation
marks, and much more.

Guide To Grammar and Punctuation – With 20 Resources To Help You
Hone Your Skill. Here is a compilation of some of the most common
mistakes people make every day when it comes to English mechanics,
along with some tips for getting it right.

Grammar Cheatsheet for Bloggers: A quick reference
for the everyday mistakes a blogger or someone writing for the web
might make, as opposed to trying to cover every single grammar rule.

Grammar Check - Free Online Grammar Checker: Even in these days of
text-speak, thoughts dashed off in 120 characters and casual blogging,
grammar and spelling still count. Many times it is the ideas expressed
in articles and blog posts that are important, but poor grammar can mean
poor communication.

The Grammarist:
English language resource that covers a broad spectrum of grammar topics
including typical English mistakes and proper usage, tricky and easily
confused words and phrases, archaisms, spelling, parts of speech and
style. Scroll to bottom of page for more grammar resources.

The Short and Concise Grammar Guide: "There’s a large variety of
grammar guides that are available to lead us through our writing
process. Below you’ll find a helpful list of resources that will
help you through your journey with grammar."

Howjsay.com: A
free online Talking Dictionary of English Pronunciation. There are
currently 164204 entries in the dictionary.

How to Improve English - Free Resources (EnglishGrammarExercise.com): Contains
tips on improving English, help with English grammar, punctuation rules,
common mistakes non-native English speakers usually make, English
exercises to test your language skills.

Spoken English Blog: Provides animated diagrams,
links, games, and advice to help students improve their spoken English.
Created by an English teacher working in Vietnam and so made the site in
response to common problems students face, particularly with
pronunciation.

Idiom Site:
An idiom is 'a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of
a particular language.' You'll find an alphabetic list of origins of the
most common sayings, sayings like 'absence makes the heart grow fonder,'
'go the extra mile'. This is a great resource for speeches as well as
common knowledge, trivia and such.

Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms
(TheFreeDictionary.com): Explains over 7,000
idioms current in British, American and Australian English, helping
learners to understand them and use them with confidence.…Full-sentence
examples show how idioms are really used.

Eponyms, List of
(Wikipedia): An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) from whom
something is said to take its name. The word is back-formed from
"eponymous", from the Greek "eponymos" meaning "giving name."

Oxymorons.info: "An Oxymoron
is a combination of contradictory or incongruous words, such as 'Cruel
Kindness' or 'Jumbo Shrimp' (Jumbo means 'large' while Shrimp means
'small'). It is a literary figure of speech in which opposite or
contradictory words, terms, phrases or ideas are combined to create a
rhetorical effect by paradoxical means."

Learning English - BBC: Offers help in the form of "Words in the News",
"Quizzes", videos via YouTube, and English "makeovers" in "General and
Business English". "Words in the News", "The Teacher", and "Keep Your
English Up to Date" help learners with their "Grammar, Vocabulary and
Pronunciation".

MiddleWeb: Web
resources, book reviews, and interesting blog posts to share with
educators, parents, youth workers and others engaged with teaching and
learning in grades four through eight.

Synonym-Finder:
Dictionary of Synonyms Online. Speak and write with confidence. To help
you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently,
incessantly, etc.… Note links at top of page to search for Antonyms and
Definitions.

Teachers & Writers Magazine
- Teaching Creative Writing, Educating
the Imagination: Online periodical published by the Teachers & Writers
Collaborative, a group that "seeks to educate the imagination" through
publications, workshops, and other literary arts resources. Visitoremay
scout the Essays & Articles, which are professionally composed and tend
to focus on the intersection between literary creation and imaginative
education. The Student Writing section is chock full of student essays,
poems, and stories from around the country.

VocabTest - the place for SAT Vocabulary Tests: Series of English tests for all levels divided by
grade, from Middle School to AP Senior. Select a level and take a test. It
will tell you whether you are right or wrong and in the end, provide you
with an explanation of the words and your average score compared to other
students.

Major Tests a large collection
of prep tests for the SAT, GRE, GMAT covering math, verbal critical
reading, and writing. As well, there is a word list with over 1500
essential words to build your vocabulary.

SAT Vocabulary Essential Words: An essential core vocabulary of 1000 words
to help you nail your SAT exam. Check out how well you remember these
essential words.

Varsity Tutors Practice Tests: a comprehensive suite of
completely free practice tests, flashcards, and questions of the day
for standardized tests and academic subjects of all levels – ACT,
AP, CLEP, GED, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, SAT and other levels.

Free Reading: an "open source" instructional program that helps
teachers teach early reading. Because it's open source, it represents the
collective wisdom of a wide community of teachers and researchers. It's
designed to contain a scope and sequence of activities that can support
and supplement a typical "core" or "basal" program.

Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention
Practices (Institute of Education Science-U.S.
Department of Education). This guide presents strategies that classroom
teachers and specialists can use to increase the reading ability of
adolescent students. The recommendations aim to help students gain more
from their reading tasks, improve their motivation for and engagement in
the learning process, and assist struggling readers who may need intensive
and individualized attention.

Aesop's
Fables: online collection includes a total of 655+ Fables, indexed
in table format, with morals listed.

Aesop's
Fables: This famous Book of Fables, which are always referred to as
Aesop's Fables, date back to the 5th Century BC.

The American Chesterton Society (ACS): promotes interest in G.K.
Chesterton (1874-1936), one of the 20th century's greatest writers. One
of the most quoted writers in the English language, yet one of the least
studied, G.K. Chesterton foresaw and wrote about the issues we struggle
with today: social injustice, the culture of death, the decline of the
arts, assaults on religion, and attacks on the family and on the dignity
of the human person.

Chesterton, G.K. books: free and available as PDFs, in English and
Spanish. These books are available by the G.K. Chesterton Institute for
Faith & Culture.

Best Poems Encyclopedia: hundreds of the most famous poems ever
written in the world – American Poems, African-American, English,
Canadian, Australian & NZ, Indian & Urdu, French, Irish, Arab Poetry,
Spanish, Italian, World Poems. Browse Poems by
Topics.

Family Friend Poems: showcases some of the best poems written by
ordinary people about the subjects of family and friends. The life
circumstances, relationships, and emotions which they write about
express feelings which we all can share, including poems on death and
grieving.

BookHive: Your Guide to Children's Literature and Books. Developed by the library of Charlotte
and Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, for the purpose of categorizing
and suggesting children's books. If you're looking for a particular
subject, the 'Find A Book' section has the reviews grouped into various
categories such as Adventure, Classics all the way through Scary
literature.

Bookshare: Accessible books and
periodicals for readers with print disabilities: Free for all U.S.
students with qualifying disabilities. Student memberships are currently
funded by an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special
Education Programs (OSEP).

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in 18 volumes.
Considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever
published, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000
pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to
history, theology and political writing. The set encompasses a wide
selection of writing on orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists,
religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even
non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole.

The Center for the Book (Library of
Congress): to promote reading, literacy and libraries. The website offers
a great many "Resources" on the menu on the left side of any page.
"Educators and Parents" section visitors can find wonderful lesson plans,
exhibitions, and online activities.

Children’s Books: About.com’s Children’s Books Expert, has sifted
through the wide world of children’s literature to bring you an
ever-changing series of recommendations, reviews, links, activities, and
blog posts.

Classic
Reader: Read Free Classic Books Online. Where you can read,
search, and annotate great works of literature by authors such as Dickens,
Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and many others. The collection 'currently contains
3463 works of literature (including 1998 short stories) by 342 authors.'
Access to the content is available by author, by title, by category, e.g.
fiction, children's literature, short stories, poetry, etc.

DanteLab:
A customizable, digital workspace for scholarly analysis of Dante
Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. Contains "edited and digitized entire texts
of more than 75 commentaries to the Divine Comedy," written between the
14th century and the 21st century…New users should begin by visiting the
Help section, where they will find tutorials on using, customizing, and
citing the Reader. This section also offers several suggestions of
Teaching Scenarios for students and scholars at various levels which may
be helpful to educators interested in using Dante Lab with their
students.

Dickens, Charles Page: dedicated to bringing the genius of Dickens to a new generation of
readers. Dickens was 19th century London personified, he survived its mean
streets as a child and, largely self-educated, possessed the genius to
become the greatest writer of his age.

William Faulkner at Virginia – An Audio Archive: Listen in on
William Faulkner’s sessions with audiences at the University of Virginia
in 1957 and 1958, during his two terms as UVA’s first
Writer-in-Residence. Under CONTEXTS you’ll find an introduction to this
archive as well as essays, news articles, photographs and other
materials to provide backgrounds to the writer, the times and the place.

"The Golden Legend (Aurea Legenda)":
Medieval Sourcebook. "The Golden Legend" by Jacobus de Voragine, writing about
1260, achieved dominance in later western hagiographical literature –
about 900 manuscripts of his Golden Legend survive. From 1470 to 1530 it
was also the most often printed book in Europe.…the Medieval Sourcebook makes available the full text of the seven volume edition published
by Temple Classics in 1900. That was based on an older English translation
by William Caxton, but with a text modernized by F.S. Ellis. Any notes in
[square brackets] were added for this e-text.

GradeSaver: Staffed by Harvard-educated editors and
researchers, the site offers services ranging from essay-writing tips to
professional editing of your grammatically-challenged work.

SparkNotes: study guides to help students learn and practice basic
skills, write a paper, study for a test and achieve their academic goals.
Each guide contains thorough summaries and insightful critical analysis of
a nearly endless range of subjects including English literature,
Shakespeare, History and Math and Science.

International Children’s Digital Library Foundation: to excite and inspire the world's children to
become members of the global community–children who understand the value
of tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas—by
making the best in children's literature available online.

The Irish Playography: describes itself as "a comprehensive database of all Irish plays produced
professionally since 1904."

The James Joyce Scholars' Collection: 1) all the
books are currently out-of-print and 2) they are valuable, perhaps
indispensable, to those who seek a more complete understanding and
appreciation of the richness of James Joyce's literary works.

LitQuotes - Quotes from Literature: This literary reference site features quotations from the great works of
literature. You can search for quotes in a number of different ways.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth a
figure of national prominence by the 1850s, and a much-beloved professor
at Harvard. The site is divided into seven primary sections which include
an extended biographical essay about his life and work, information about
his family and his homes in Portland and Cambridge. Includes a generous
selection of his poems; visitors can view a sortable list of his works,
which can be arranged by poem title, first line, and publication date.

Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes (Library of Congress): How to Find a Novel, Short Story, or
Poem Without Knowing its Title or Author. Locating a novel, short story,
or poem without knowing its title or author can be very difficult. This
guide is intended to help readers identify a literary work when they know
only its plot or subject, or other textual information such as a
character's name, a line of poetry, or a unique word or phrase.

Mark Twain Project
Online: applies innovative technology to more than four decades' worth
of archival research by expert editors at the Mark Twain Project. It
offers unfettered, intuitive access to reliable texts, accurate and
exhaustive notes, and the most recently discovered letters and documents.

Mark Twain in the West: From the University of California,
Berkeley's Bancroft Library comes Mark Twain in the West, an
impressive collection of archival material relating to the author's
time spent in Nevada and California.

Medieval Imaginations: created and maintained by the University of
Cambridge's Faculty of English. The purpose of the site is to provide
access to the "images corresponding to the main episodes dramatized in the
English Mystery Plays, because these present the medieval view of human
history from the Creation to the Last Judgment."

The Mercury Theater on the Air: features the ‘finest radio drama on the air,’
Orson Welles’s notorious "War of the Worlds." Here you’ll find not only
"War of the Worlds," but many surviving shows from the series, a
collection of some of the most chilling radio theater of the 1930s.

Online Literary Criticism Guide: This helpful guide to the best of literary criticism
resources for authoritative and critical works was made possible via ipl2,
the merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians'
Internet Index (LII), collected some of the best starting places for
finding online critical writing. This resource is particularly good for
finding information on English-language authors, but also includes many
authors whose works have been translated into English.

The Oxford Book of American Essays.
Many a literary theorist and critic have wondered: "What is American
literature?" Late in the 19th century, one Brander Matthews was called
upon to do just that-create an edited volume for the Oxford Press that
would represent a variety of essays from different Americans of the time.
All told, this volume published in 1914 contained 32 essays, including
"John Bull" by Washington Irving, "Buds and Bird-Voices" by Nathaniel
Hawthorne, and "Dante by the Bowery" by Theodore Roosevelt. Other
selections include inquisitive essays by Edgar Allen Poe, Oliver Wendell
Holmes, and Walt Whitman.

"Reading Literature to Reveal Reality" by Laura M. Berquist:
The
role of stories in good education is invaluable. "It's not the only,
or even the most perfect, way to teach. But it's preparatory, important,
and natural.…Men learn from stories, especially the young, and they are
thus prepared to learn principles.

Reading
Rockets: program, initiated by public television and funded
by the U.S. Department of Education, that addresses how young children
learn to read, why they struggle to read, and how adults can help. The
Reading Rockets website takes a multimedia approach to getting information
out to parents and educators. To read the site in Spanish, click on "En espanol" halfway down the page, on the left side.

The Robin Hood Project: designed to make available in electronic format a
database of texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information about the
Robin Hood stories and other outlaw tales.

Understanding Shakespeare: a collaborative project between JSTOR
Labs and the Folger Shakespeare Library. A research tool that allows
students, educators and scholars to use the text of Shakespeare’s
plays to quickly navigate into the scholarship written about them –
line by line. Users simply click next to any line of text in a play
and relevant articles from the JSTOR archive immediately load.

Sherlockian.net: answers all
your questions about the master sleuth, his family, his colleagues, his
arch enemy, 221B Baker Street, just about everything associated with Mr.
Sherlock Holmes.

Starfall: free public service
to motivate children to read with phonics. A systematic phonics approach,
in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice perfect for preschool,
kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool,
and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL.

Stevenson, The Robert Louis Website celebrates Robert Louis Stevenson's life and
works…not just a children's author, but also a poet, a playwright, a
Gothicist, an essayist, a historian, an anthropologist, a Victorian, a
Modernist and a Postmodernist, amongst other things. By detailing his
diverse writing career, RLS aims to bring Stevenson out of the margins of
literary study.

The Van Gogh Letters Database: The compendium includes all 820 known
letters by Van Gogh, tracing his youth and late start as a painter to his
spectacular blossoming in the late 1880s. "The number of letters isn't
really unusual but the literary quality of the letters, that's special."

Introduction to Storytelling (Khan Academy): Khan Academy teamed up
with Pixar to create this interactive lesson about the Art of
Storytelling. Videos are accompanied by four activities designed to get
youth to reflect on and discuss different aspects of storytelling,
including memory.

American Folklore: Contains retellings of folktales, myths, legends,
fables & fairy tales, superstitions, weatherlore, and ghost stories from
all over the Americas.

Encyclopedia Mythica: online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore,
heroes and heroines and legends. It currently contains over 7,000 entries
on gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary creatures and beings from all
over the world.

Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942: During the 1930s and
1940s, teams of writers and scholars scoured the United States on behalf
of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) collecting materials about the
places they saw and the people they met. This particular digital
ethnographic field collection brings together materials which document the
Arabic, Bahamian, Cuban, Green, Seminole and Slavic cultures across
Florida.

The
Moonlit Road: Ghost stories, folktales, myths and legends haunt the moonlit back roads of the American South.
Their roots in Southern culture and folklore are deep. Each month, The
Moonlit Road brings you these ghost stories and other strange Southern
folktales, told by the region's best storytellers.

The Healing Story Alliance: a special interest group of the NSN. Our
goal for this special interest group is to share our experience and our
skills, to increase our knowledge of stories and our knowledge of the best
ways to use stories to inform, inspire, nurture and heal.

Interfaith Story -
a
discussion group of NSN. A gathering of storytellers and listeners who
share a common desire to bring the teaching and healing power of wisdom
tales from around the world and sacred stories from every spiritual or
faith tradition, present and past, to individuals, groups and communities.

Preparing to Tell a Story (Project Shalom): Storytelling is almost the oldest art in
the world, the first conscious form of literary communication. There are
signs of a growing interest in this ancient art, and we may yet live to
see the renaissance of the storyteller and the troubadour.

Celtic Folklore: Celtic legends and
sagas; others are retellings of the material, folklore, or literary
works based on Celtic themes.

Story Arts Inc.: founded by
storyteller/author Heather Forest. Current concert and workshop
programming focuses on the ancient art of storytelling and the diverse
ways that storytelling can enrich multi-cultural understanding,
interpersonal communication, and literacy.

Storytelling Power: Through a plethora of free articles, we provide a
useful guide for anyone who wants to use the power of storytelling at
home, at work and in the community.

"Stories for the Seasons": dedicated to offering seasonal nature stories together with an extensive
bibliography for any storyteller, teacher, or general reader who is
seeking stories and legends about animals, plants, and the land itself.

SurLaLune Fairy Tales: 47 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across
cultures, modern interpretations and over 1,500 illustrations. Also
discover over 1,600 folktales & fairy tales from around the world in more
than 40 full-text eBooks. Investigate how fairy tales have served as a
means of establishing moral values, teaching the younger generations about
their culture and, of course, entertaining folks of all ages.

Wit and Wisdom of Nasreddin Hodja (variously Nasrudin, Nasrettin,
etc.): a legendary folk character in the Middle East and Central Asia,
portrayed as a wise fool, clever simpleton, or instructive prankster.
About 400 handwritten manuscripts that narrate anecdotes demonstrating
his quick wit and wisdom have survived.

Chicago Manual of Style Online: Visitors may register for free and gain access to the search tool for
this latest edition. While this feature is certainly helpful, there are a
number of equally useful aspects of the site. The first is the area that
gives a number of examples of Chicago-style documentation, such as the
humanities style and the well-known author-date system. Equally helpful is
the "Q&A" section where the editors answer timely questions.

The Chicago Manual of Style - Citation Quick Guide: Presents two basic
documentation systems, the humanities style (notes and bibliography) and
the author-date system. Choosing between the two often depends on subject
matter and nature of sources cited, as each system is favored by different
groups of scholars.

MLA Citation Style Guide: University of Georgia Libraries - Resource
Central. Based on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th
ed., 2003.

Strunk & White's Elements of Style: The classic reference handbook on how to write in
clear English. Intended for use in which the practice of composition is
combined with the study of literature, it gives in brief space the
principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention
on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly
violated.

Business Writer’s Free Library Writing letters or memos in the world of
business is an acquired skill, and those beginning to learn about this
process will appreciate this site, which was designed by the Authenticity
Counseling Company. The helpful resources offered here are divided into
several sections, including "General Resources and Advice", "Basic Writing
Skills", and "Basic Composition Skills". One other section is worth noting
as well, and this is the section titled "Some Types of Correspondence".
This is perhaps the section most relevant to business writing practices,
as it includes sample memos, meeting minutes, and procedures for composing
effective business emails.

CiteThisForMe.com - The Harvard Referencing Generator: Free
generator tool designed to help students prepare their whole
bibliography or reference list quickly and easily. It uses the Harvard
referencing style, one of the most common referencing styles in
academia.

Landmark’s Citation Machine: Designed to assist teachers in modeling the proper
use of citing information property. Students are welcome to use this as
well. You merely…Click the type of resource you wish to cite - Complete
the Web form that appears with information from your resource - Click
"Make Citations" to generate standard Turabian, MLA, APA &
Chicago citations.

Student’s Guide to Citation Styles for Research Papers:
"Citations give credibility and authority by showing proof of your
research. References help readers understand how you came to your
conclusions and they support your ideas. Citing resources will also
avoid plagiarism, by crediting to those who provided the research
used to create a paper."

Writinghouse:
The free, fully automatic bibliography and citation maker. Save time by
creating a cited page instantly in the MLA, APA, or Chicago referencing
styles!

ENGL Professional Writing Program (University of Maryland
library): jam-packed with resources for writers and teachers of
writing. The Researching a Topic section is a great place to start.
Also, know your audience, finding information, scholarly vs. popular
sources, citing tools, business writing assignments, and more.

How
to Write a Research Paper: Infoplease Homework Center.
Divides the process of writing a research paper into nine single steps.
Each chapter contains further steps with straightforward instructions
and clear examples.

A+ Research & Writing:
Guide for high school and college students providing
details, outside links, and a lot of background information for each step
of writing a thesis.

How to Write a Paper in Scientific Journal Style and Format: Bates College has published an incredibly thorough guide to writing
scientific papers. The first chapter deals with scientific writing,
followed by a chapter on how to go about writing the actual paper. Most
useful, however, are the "How Do I Write the…" and "How Do I…" sections,
that explain the different elements and conventions of a scientific paper.

A Research Guide for Students: Tools for students to conduct research
and to present their findings. Provides a Quick Click to Search Engines,
Research,
Writing, and Style Guides (MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, CGOS, CBE,
Harvard), and Worlds of Knowledge housing some of the best education Web
sites in a Virtual Library arranged by the Dewey Decimal Classification
System.

Helpful Tips & Tricks for Writing – 123HelpMe: Includes sections
on "How to Write an Introduction for an Essay," "APA Style Guide,"
"MLA Style Guide," "Cause and Effect Essay," "How to Write the Body
of an Essay," "How to Write an Analysis Essay."

How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal (Congressional Research
Service): To assist grant seekers in districts and states, and it includes writing
proposals for both government and private foundations grants. The second
section of the report covers the actual writing of the proposal, from
outlining of project goals, stating the purpose and objectives of the
proposal, explaining the program methods to solve the stated problem, and
how the results of the project will be evaluated, to long-term project
planning, and, finally, developing the proposal budget.

National Writing Project Teachers and others will enjoy this
website from the National Writing Project, as it is replete with
strategies for getting young people excited about writing. The materials
are divided largely into the sections Art/Craft, Teach/Learn,
Provocations, and Community.

30 Ideas for Teaching Writing:
Winner of the Association of
Education Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award for Instructional
Materials. The National Writing Project (NWP) does a spot-on job of
bringing together a raft of resources for those teaching writing at all
levels of interest and instruction. These thirty ideas are a great way
to get started, and include tips that originated as full-length articles
in various NWP publications.

PaperRater: Diligent students
should make sure that their work is well-written, original, coherent, and
grammatically correct. PaperRater is a free web service with robust
grammar and spell checking, plagiarism detection, and writing suggestions
to improve your writing.

Plagiarism (The Writing Center, UNC-Chapel Hill): This handout
explains what plagiarism is and outlines steps students can follow to
avoid plagiarizing.

A Plagiarism Guide for Students: It’s Stealing, so Avoid It. "With
the amount of information on the Web, it’s easy to plagiarize, both
intentionally and accidentally. Read this to learn how to avoid
plagiarism."

Plagiarism (Vancouver Community College): What it is and how to
avoid it. Free tools to detect plagiarism.

Preventing and Handling Plagiarism (InformEd): "Basically, plagiarism is
taking someone else’s ideas or products and pretending that you came up with
them yourself either by directly lying or through neglecting to cite the
source.…Plagiarism is illegal."

Publishing Advice for Graduate Students (Social Science Research
Network): Advice is given on how to publish everything from book reviews
to articles, replies to book chapters, and how to secure both edited book
contracts and authored monograph contracts, along with plenty of helpful
tips and advice on the publishing world (and how it works) along the way
in what is meant to be a comprehensive, concrete guide to publishing that
should be of tremendous value to graduate students working in any area of
the humanities and social sciences.

Ten Mistakes Writers Don't See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do): Following is a list to refer people to before they submit anything in
writing to anybody (agent, publisher, your mom, your boss). From email
messages and front-page news in the New York Times to published books and
magazine articles, the 10-ouchies listed here crop up everywhere. They're
so pernicious that even respected Internet columnists are not immune.

Writing and Publishing Solutions: Novelist Harvey Chapman, provides
beginners with helpful step-by-step advice. He lays it all out in
simple, digestible categories including, The Writing Process, Becoming a
Writer, Elements of Fiction, and How to Write.

Amherst College - Online Resources for Writers. A fine set of online
resources for use by their Amherst students and members of the
web-browsing public. This particular set includes a long list of resources
divided into thematic headings such as "Preparing to Write," "Thesis and
Argument," "Clarity and Grace," and "Using Sources."

Harvard College Writing Center: Brief Guides to Writing Papers in the
Disciplines. Includes Strategies for Essay Writing and Disciplinary
Writing Guides.

Harvard Writing Project: Writing Guides.
Free and downloadable writing guides are valuable resources for high
school and university educators working with students who need help
bringing their composition skills to the next level. There are four
principal types of writing guides: for disciplines or
interdisciplinary programs, for specific courses, for specific
genres of writing, such as senior theses, for General Education
courses.

Harvard College Writing Center: Strategies for Essay Writing.
Detailed collection on the basic elements of the scholarly
essay.…which cover a comprehensive outline of how to research,
write, and edit an essay, starting with How to Read an Assignment
and progressing through an Overview of the Academic Essay,
Developing a Thesis, Outlining, Transitioning, and other topics,
before culminating in tips on multiple sections on the revision
process.

Purdue Online Writing Lab – Subject-Specific Resources: This
collection contains nine different guides, including
Professional, Technical Writing, Writing in the Social Sciences,
Creative Writing, Writing in Engineering, and Journalism and
Journalistic Writing. Many of these guides contain a number of
more specific instructions for particular writing tasks.

University College Writing Workshop: University of
Toronto's Writing Centre provides dozens of helpful writing tips. The
handouts cover topics like organizing an essay, the effective and correct
use of quotations, and the use of articles. Each section includes specific
advice and guidance. Composition instructors may also wish to
recommend this site to their students if they are looking for additional
high-quality writing resources.

US College Student Writing Guide: Writing at the university
level is more than simply grammar, punctuation, and getting ideas
across. It is also about following the writing style (or styles)
used for your type of major, presenting work in a standard and easy
to read format, and clearly and accurately citing sources that you
may use.

Word Counter:
free tool initially created as a simple word count tool. Today, Word
Counter measures not only the number of words in a text, but also
measures sentence length, keyword density, estimated reading level,
and estimated reading time. Users can find out this information by
simply pasting any amount of text into a text box.

Writer's Handbook (University of Wisconsin-Madison) This useful web resource from The
Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers guidance on
improving your writing style, avoiding common grammar and punctuation
mistakes, and using proper citations.

Writing Center Handouts (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill):
Resources on the art and craft of effective college-level writing. The
materials are divided into four areas: "Writing the Paper," "Citation,
Style, and Sentence Level Concerns," "Specific Writing
Assignments/Contexts," and "Writing for Specific Fields." The "Writing for
Specific Fields" area is a great place for students who have declared a
major, and each piece contains a bit of background on the nature of
writing in each field.

Best of History: an award-winning portal created for history
teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. BOHWS contains
annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well links to hundreds of
quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history
activities, history games, history quizzes, and more throughout its pages.

Churchill & the Great Republic: LOC 'examines the life and career of Winston Spencer
Churchill and emphasizes his lifelong links with the United States - the
nation he called "the great Republic." Follow this great statesman through
the 'Finest Hour,' the 'Sword of Freedom,' 'Unity and Strategy' as World War
II ended and finally into Sir Winston's second premiership and the Cold War…

Egypt Guide (National Geographic): An excellent presentation of
the pyramids of Egypt. Take a virtual expedition to King Tut's tomb, view
photos and a video aired on the National Geographic Channel and
participate in the 'Interactive Features.' Teachers and parents will
appreciate the Lesson Plans with age specific designations, plans that
will help students understand more about these ancient mysteries.

Europe & Islam - Bernard Lewis - 2007 Irving Kristol Lecture (American
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research). The 2007 Kristol Award
was presented to Bernard Lewis, the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near
Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University, and long the free
world’s preeminent student and interpreter of Islam, the Ottoman Empire,
and the modern Middle East.

Geography Quiz - Middle East: Did you know "the Middle East"' stretches as far west as
the Western Sahara in Africa? What is the smallest Middle Eastern country?
Test your knowledge on a new drag-and-drop challenge by clicking the link or
the map graphic. (All ages).

Historical and Public Figures: A General Portrait File to the 1920s.
Over 30,00 portraits of a wide-range of public figures, including
political, religious, cultural, literary and artistic personalities,
with an emphasis on the 16th - 19th-centuries. Includes some original
prints, but is principally printed pictures.

The
Napoleonic Guide: The best reference source for everything you need
to know about the life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte. It has more than
2500 pages of information covering all aspects of the greatest era in
world history.

The OldMapsOnline Portal: an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps
in libraries around the world. Search for online digital historical maps
across numerous different collections via a geographical search. Search
by typing a place-name or by clicking in the map window, and narrow by
date. The search results provide a direct link to the map image on the
website of the host institution.

Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825: traces Russia's movement from relative
isolation to global empire through its contacts with Europe, Asia, and the
Americas. Divided into five sections, 'each of which considers Russian and
world history during a given period.' The sections are composed of essays
and visual accompaniments that cover the history, maps, personalities,
themes, events and special features.

The Empire That Was Russia: Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii was photographer to
the Russian Tzar Nicholas II. The photographs on this site 'offer a vivid
portrait of a lost world--the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I and
the coming revolution.'

World Atlas: Maps and Geography of the World. This online World
Atlas includes maps and geographical information for the following
entities: Alphabetical Listing of Countries and Continents, Blank
Outline Maps of Each Country, Countries Listed by Continent & Region,
U.S. States and Territories and more.

50 Core Documents: The Ashbrook Center at Ohio's Ashland University.
Seeks to educate students, teachers, and citizens about the intricacies
of American history and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship
using conversation and primary source documents. Consider this list of
50 Core Documents of historical importance. Beginning with the
Declaration of Independence, the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
and George Washington's Farewell Address are also featured here, as well
as more modern texts, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1944 State of the
Union Address and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

Printable U.S. Constitution and Founding Documents: "This site
offers free, printable versions of the founding documents of our
Republic, including the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration
of Independence, and other rights laid out by America’s founders."

Constitution Facts: Read the entire text of the U.S. Constitution,
the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence – and much more!
You'll find interesting insights into the men who wrote the
Constitution, how it was created, and how the Supreme Court has
interpreted the United States Constitution in the two centuries since
its creation.

9/11 Memorial: National September 11 Memorial & Museum. "May the lives
remembered, the deeds recognized, and the spirit reawakened be eternal
beacons, which reaffirm respect for life, strengthen our resolve to preserve
freedom, and inspire an end to hatred, ignorance and intolerance." Also
includes Education Goals and Key Questions, and Teaching Guides. Includes
Search by Name or Company, Memorial Names Layout, Search by Sponsor of
Honoree.

Understanding September 11: The month of September has become
synonymous with commemorations of the September 11th attacks, which were
the largest attacks on American soil since Pearl Harbor. This site from
Scholastic offers over 30 lessons plans, activities, news stories,
videos, and book lists "to help students comprehend the 9/11 attacks and
their lasting impact on the United States and the world.

The American Catholic History Classroom: Created as a curriculum supplement on
specific topics from American Catholic history that provide teachers with
background information, related primary source documents, information and
questions for students, and suggestions for further reading. Includes:
Catholics and Industrialization, Catholics and a Living Wage, Catholics
and Education, Catholics and Labor, and Catholics and Race.

Catholic History:
Resource for students, teachers, researchers, and
anyone interested in the history of Catholicism in the United States. Its
purpose is to promote deeper and wider understanding of the place of
Catholics and the Catholic Church in the history of the United States of
America.

American
Journeys (Wisconsin Historical Society & National History Day):
contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American
exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries
of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later, plus a digital library and
learning center.

The Archives of Irish America: a repository of primary research materials at
New York University that aims to transform our understanding of the Irish
migration experience and the distillation of American Irish ethnicity over
the past century.

Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words. A Library of Congress exhibit
looks at the depth and breadth of Benjamin Franklin's public,
professional, and scientific accomplishments through important documents,
letters, books, broadsides, and cartoons. Marking the tercentenary of
Franklin's birth, this exhibition, concentrates on his achievements as a
printer and writer, an inventor and scientist, and, particularly, as a
politician and statesman.

The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary: On the 300-year anniversary of Benjamin
Franklin’s birth (1706-2006), join in the national celebration honoring
the life and enduring legacy of one of our most remarkable founding
fathers.

United States Commission on Civil Rights - Historical Publications: The
United States Government Printing Office (GPO) teams up with the United
States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) and the Thurgood Marshall Law
Library, University of Maryland School of Law, to provide the American
public a website of authentic Civil Rights historical publications.

C-SPAN Classroom: To enhance the teaching of social studies through C-SPAN’s
primary source programming and website.

Edison National Historic Site: learn more about Thomas Edison and his
patents. There is a section for Grade 4 and Up where a grade appropriate
timeline, a brief biography, 'FAQ's and Fables' and information on Edison's
'Big Three' inventions can be found. Check out the 'For Teachers' section for
additional teaching resources and support.

Flag Day - June 14 (USFlag.org). Dedicated to the Flag of the United
States of America – The History Of Flag Day.

National Flag Day (U.S.A.) - June 14. "On June 14th, 1885, Bernard J.
Cigrand, a 19 year old teacher at Stony Hill School, placed a 10 inch, 38-
star flag in a bottle on his desk then assigned essays on the flag and its
significance. This observance, commemorated Congresses adoption of the Stars
and Stripes as the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777" (The National
Flag Day Foundation).

The Story of the Fourth of July (Constitution Facts.com) The
Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration
of Independence on July 4, 1776. They'd been working on it for a
couple of days after the draft was submitted on July 2nd and finally
agreed on all of the edits and changes.

"Was Their Pledge in Vain?": James T. Draper Jr. "The excitement
of independence boiled in the streets of Philadelphia as John Adams
rose early on July 2, 1776. He sat at a small desk in his rented
room and quickly wrote a note to his wife, Abigail."

The History of Gold in America: From Mesoamericans to colonial
Europeans, to the modern American economy, gold has always been a
profound part of the American story.

Native Knowledge 360 (NK360): a project of the Smithsonian
Institution's National Museum of the American Indian designed to
"inspire and promote the improvement of teaching and learning about
American Indians." K-12 educators will find a wealth of resources that
can be implemented in the classroom.

History of Labor Day (Dept. of Labor): Celebrated on the first Monday in
September. A creation of the labor movement and dedicated to the
social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes
a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to
the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

Labor Day (History.com): Pays tribute to the contributions and
achievements of American workers. It was created by the labor
movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in
1894. Labor Day also symbolizes the end of summer for many
Americans, and is celebrated with parties, parades and athletic
events.

History Matters - U.S. Survey Course on the Web: Visitors will find three primary sections.
In "Many Pasts", visitors can explore over 1000 primary documents, including
photographic images and audio interviews. "Making Sense of Evidence" provides
material on how historians approach resources as they attempt to craft
intelligent and erudite narratives. The final section, "www.history", contains
brief reviews of over 800 websites that address various aspects of American
history. The site also contains a number of other gems, including "Secrets of
Great History Teachers", which features interviews with those who impart the
knowledge of the ages with wisdom and insight.

The
HistoryNet.com: contains daily features, photo galleries and over
1,200 articles originally published in our various magazines. Brought to
you by the Weider History Group, a group of ten history magazines
published in Leesburg, VA.

iCivics:
Founded by Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, iCivics aims to
provide "students with the tools they need for active participation and
democratic action, and teachers with the materials and support to
achieve this." All the resources on this site are free with a one-step
sign up that only requires an email address. Readers may like to begin
with the 3-minute introductory video that can be located under the
About tab.

The King Center
– the
official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of America’s greatest nonviolent
movement for justice, equality and peace.

Lee
Family Digital Archive: Housed at Washington and Lee University, the Lee
Family Digital Archive (LFDA) was established to create a comprehensive
annotated edition of all the known papers of the immigrant founder Richard
Lee (who lived in the 17th century) and his offspring.

National History
Education Clearinghouse (U.S. Dept. of Education):
designed to help K-12 history teachers access resources and materials to
improve U.S. history education in the classroom. Areas to explore are "History
Content," "Teaching Materials," "Issues & Research" and the "Weekly Quiz."

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: February is Black History Month. The Freedom
Center opened in Cincinnati, Ohio in August of 2004. Their mission is to
'reveal stories about freedom's heroes, past and present, challenging and
inspiring everyone to take courageous steps for freedom today.'

New
York Heritage: Research portal for students, educators, historians, genealogists, and
others who are interested in the Empire State's history. The site contains
information from over 160 collections from library, museums, archives, and
other resources across the state of New York.

"The
North American Indian" by Edward S. Curtis: one of the most
significant and controversial representations of traditional American
Indian culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930,
the publication continues to exert a major influence on the image of
Indians in popular culture.

Indians of North America–Selected Resources (LOC): This guide is a compilation
of many of the resources on the Indians of North America available at the
Library of Congress as well as selected resources outside the Library.

Native American Sites: dedicated to facilitating communication among Native peoples
and between Indians and non-Indians and also to providing links to other
sites that contain solid information about American Indians. The links are
well-organized with entries including individual nations, language,
culture including pow-wows and festivals, education, as well as other
topics.

The Ohio Historical Society: "...to promote a knowledge of archaeology
and history, especially in Ohio." The society exists to interpret,
preserve, collect, and make available evidence of the past, and to provide
leadership on furthering knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the
prehistory and history of Ohio and of the broader cultural and natural
environments of which Ohio is a part.

Teaching American History: Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs,
Ashland University. Learn more about American history by going back to
the original source documents, from the founding through the 20th
century and beyond. Includes Document Library, Special Exhibits on the
American Founding, Lesson Plans (NEH), and Online Audio Lectures and
Discussions.

Reading Like a Historian (Stanford): The curriculum teaches
students how to investigate historical questions employing reading
strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and
close reading. Instead of memorizing historical facts, students
evaluate the trustworthiness of multiple perspectives on issues…and
make historical claims backed by documentary evidence.

Tools for Peace Building (U.S. Institute of Peace): A range of
material for practitioners in the field, including handbooks such as the
Peacemaker’s Toolkit series on mediation, reference works such as Peace
Terms, and guidelines on civilian-military operations.

USA.gov:
The U.S. government's official web portal makes it easy for the public
to get U.S. government information and services on the web.

How Can Kids Reach Out To Congress: Just because you can’t vote
yet doesn’t mean you can’t voice your view on things that matter to
you. Your representatives in congress represent everyone in
their district, including children. By reaching out to your
congressman or woman, you can help influence their vote on potential
laws and regulations that affect you, your family, your friends or
your community.

Commission on Presidential Debates: established in 1987 to ensure
that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the
best possible information to viewers and listeners. Its primary purpose
is to sponsor and produce debates for the United States presidential and
vice presidential candidates and to undertake research and educational
activities relating to the debates.

The American Founders Online: An Annotated Guide to Their Papers and Publications.
Online access, in varying degrees, to the personal papers and/or
publications of the major founders of the American Republic—that is, those
men who served in roles of national political leadership between 1765 and
1815.

The Charters of Freedom - The National Archives: Features primary
documents that shaped U.S. history. See images of the Declaration of
Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights. Learn about the Articles
of Confederation, Constitutional Convention, Marbury v. Madison, Louisiana
Purchase, slavery, Civil War, 13th Amendment, immigration, and woman
suffrage.

Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention,
1774-1789: from the LOC's Library's Rare Books and Special Collections
Division. Contains 274 documents relating to the work of Congress and the
drafting and ratification of the Constitution. Items include extracts of
the journals of Congress, resolutions, proclamations, committee reports,
treaties, and early printed versions of the United States Constitution and
the Declaration of Independence.

The Federalist Papers (Thomas - Library of Congress): The original
text of the Federalist Papers (also known as The Federalist) was
obtained from the e-text archives of Project Gutenberg.

Founding Fathers Info Guide: Contains The Federalist Papers Online,
One of the most important works on political theory | Other founding
documents: The Declaration of Independence, The U.S. Constitution, The
Bill of Rights, and other Amendments to the Constitution | The American
Flag | History of the USA | Founding Fathers Image Gallery | Founding
Fathers Quotes. No student of American History should pass up such a good
introduction to the early history of the republic!

American Government (USHistory.org): "What is the purpose of
government?" It is an experiment thousands of years in the making.

How Does the Government Work? "When the founding fathers designed
the United States government they considered how they would make sure
that it would work well. The first goal was to design a government that
would not be unfair."

Annenberg Classroom: Resources for Excellent Civics Education. This
site starts with a well-informed curriculum about the American
Constitution and its amendments, and then links those topics to daily
civics news, student discussions, and a host of other interactive,
ever-developing current events-based education. On the site, readers may
like to start with the Knowledge section, which is divided into The
Constitution, The Congress, The Presidency, The Courts, and State &
Local.

The Architect of the Capitol:
Responsible to the United States Congress for the maintenance, operation,
development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which
includes the Capitol, the congressional office buildings, the Library of
Congress buildings, the Supreme Court building, the U.S. Botanic Garden,
the Capitol Power Plant, and other facilities.

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: Provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and
teachers. These resources will teach how our government works, the use of
the primary source materials of Government Printing Office (GPO) Access,
and how one can use GPO Access to carry out their civic responsibilities.

"Character Above All" - An Exploration of Presidential Leadership: Companion website to PBS's
"Character Above All" broadcast. Contains transcripts, Essays by
historians and political theorists on selected presidents, and selected
"Quotes" by former Presidents of the United States and others. Aired on
May 29, 1996, this site explains its uniqueness in the following manner:
"What started as a voice crying in the wilderness is now reaching a
growing audience who believe that the issue is character above all. And
it's an obligation conferred on us as citizens to focus on it." This site
can be the starting point for your research into presidential character!

Constitution Day Resources (LOC): The Library of
Congress resources for Constitution Day activities. Explore the Creating
the United States online exhibit and learn more about the impact of the
Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence on U.S.
history.

The Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF): non-profit,
non-partisan organization seeks to educate young people about the
United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the benefits of
civic participation. On the site, educators will find many Common
Core ready resources.

Consource: the Constitutional Sources Project. The
Constitutional Sources Project seeks to revolutionize how people
experience history by "democratizing access" to the source materials
of the U.S. Constitution, such as related letters, journals,
newspapers, articles, and speeches.

Conversations on the Constitution: a new program of the ABA
Division for Public Education to encourage civil discussion and debate
about the meaning of some of the Constitution's concepts and clauses that
have been the subject of ongoing constitutional debates. Includes Lesson
Plans and Resources, and full text of the
U.S. Constitution.

James Madison Foundation: Constitutional Lesson Plans and Reports.
"Powerful" lesson plans on topics related to constitutional history
and government. The lessons are divided into sections that cover
Articles I-VII of the constitution, Lessons About Constitutional
Connections, Lessons on the Federalist Papers, and Freedom and
Slavery in the Early Republic.

National Constitution Center: devoted to the most powerful vision of
freedom ever expressed: the U.S. Constitution. Located on Independence
Mall in Historic Philadelphia, the birthplace of American freedom, the
Center illuminates constitutional ideals and inspires active citizenship
through a state-of-the-art museum experience, including hundreds of
interactive exhibits, films and rare artifacts; must-see feature
exhibitions…

C-SPAN Classroom: "to
enhance the teaching of Civics & U.S. Government through C-SPAN's
primary source programming." Visitors can start their journey by viewing
the "Clip of the Week", and then looking through the other thematic
sections on the site, which include "Principles of Government",
"Legislative Branch", and "Political Participation".

GovInfo.gov - Discover U.S. Government Information. The Government
Publishing Office (GPO) has launched a new portal for official
government documents, including the Congressional Record, Federal
Register, Code of Federal Regulations and the federal budget."

GovTrack.us:
tool by Civic Impulse, LLC to help the public research and track the
activities in the U.S. Congress, promoting and innovating government
transparency and civic education through novel uses of technology.
You'll find here the status of U.S. federal legislation, voting records
for the Senate and House of Representatives, information on Members of
Congress, district maps, as well as congressional committees and the
Congressional Record.

Government Information Online: Ask a Librarian. An online reference service to
the American public. This unique free web based "Ask a Librarian" service
will give the public an opportunity to ask librarians questions about
government resources.

GovSpot.com: non-partisan
government information portal designed to simplify the search for the best
and most relevant government information online.

OpenCongress: brings together official government data with news
coverage, blog posts, comments with a mission to make Congress more
transparent and to encourage civic engagement.

J.F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum:
to advance the study and understanding of President Kennedy's life and
career and the times in which he lived; and to promote a greater
appreciation of America's political and cultural heritage, the process
of governing and the importance of public service.

Kids.gov: the
official kids' portal for the U.S. government. Organized into three
audiences: Grades K-5, Grades 6-8, and Educators. Each audience tab is
divided into educational subjects like Arts, Math, and History. Within
each subject, the websites are grouped as either government sites
(Federal, state, military) or other resources (commercial, non-profit,
educational).

The Legislative Process - United States Congress: a complex web of
interrelated activities, policies, bills, and law making. For educators
who are seeking to introduce the process to their students…this nine
part short video series will serve as a welcome tool. The well appointed
presentations, replete with slides and voice overs, cover such topics as
an overview of the legislative process, an introduction to the referral
of bills, and committee consideration among others. A transcription
accompanies each video for easy reference.

Oversight.gov:
All Federal Inspector General Reports In One Place. A publicly
accessible, searchable website containing the latest public reports from
Federal Inspectors General who are members of the Council of the
Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE).

POTUS - Presidents of the United States: includes background
information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some
points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies,
historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential
sites are also included.

The Presidential Timeline: Highlights Pivotal Events in 20th
Century American Presidencies. Provides a single point of access to
an ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections
of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. Among
these assets you’ll find documents, photographs, audio recordings,
and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives.

Presidents of the United States - Resource Guides (LOC):
selection of primary source materials associated with the presidents
of the United States, including manuscripts, letters, broadsides,
government documents, prints, photographs, sheet music, sound
recordings, and films.

American President - A Reference Resource: Resources on the U.S. Presidents (University of Virginia).
In-depth information reviewed by prominent scholars on each president and
their administration that cover various aspects of their life and
leadership strategy. Includes a Presidential Photo Gallery and
Speech Archive.

The American Presidency Project (AmericanPresidency.org) at the
University of California, Santa Barbara. Archives contain 105,681
documents related to the study of the Presidency.

George Washington's Mount Vernon - Digital Encyclopedia. Drawing
on a range of primary sources, this project brings together hundreds
of entries divided into over a dozen topics, including Agriculture,
American Revolution, American West, Family, Military, Personal,
Presidency, and more.

Thomas Jefferson - A Resource Guide (LOC). The digital
collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of
material associated with Thomas Jefferson. Consisting of
approximately 27,000 documents, this is the largest collection of
original Jefferson documents in the world.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum: All of the
former president's speeches are available online for the first time. The
archive includes more than 46,000 pages of drafts, reading copies and
transcripts. The library's complete collection of audio recordings of
FDR is also available online for the first time.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project: a long term documentary
editing effort headed by faculty and staff of the history department
at George Washington University. Includes transcriptions of
Roosevelt's speeches, newspaper columns, and other written works.

What is the Electoral College? (US National Archives and Records
Administration): The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The
founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise
between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of
the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.

The Theodore Roosevelt Association: Chartered by Act of Congress in
1920, provides authoritative information on the life and ideals of
Theodore Roosevelt. Includes TR’s speeches, cartoons and
curriculum-based lesson plans 5th-12th.

Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film. Roosevelt’s everyday
life was chronicled on a large scale by several motion picture companies
from the Spanish-American War in 1898 to his death in 1919. This
collection from the American Memory project at the Library of Congress
offers up 87 films from the Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.

Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University: Gathers
together…all Roosevelt-related items, to make his legacy more readily
accessible to scholars and schoolchildren,…Items in the digital library
include correspondence to and from Roosevelt, diary entries, notes,
political cartoons, scrapbooks, newspaper columns and magazine articles
by and about Roosevelt, speeches, and photographs.…view film clips and
listen to audio recordings.

ThisNation.com: repository of
basic information, resources and historical documents related to American
Government and Politics. Our primary goal is to promote more effective
participation in the American political system by providing factual,
non-partisan information about government and politics in the United
States of America.

Contact Your Representatives: Fax Numbers to Congress – House &
Senate. Interactive map gives you contact information for all of
the Senators and Representatives in the United States Congress in
one centralized, easy-to-use visual format. Click on your state on
the map or on your postal code abbreviation in the alphabetical list
below. You’ll then see the names, pictures, fax numbers, phone
numbers and e-mail addresses for all of the members of the U.S.
Congress in your state.

Thomas
Jefferson - A Resource Guide (LOC). The digital collections of
the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated
with Thomas Jefferson. Consisting of approximately 27,000 documents,
this is the largest collection of original Jefferson documents in the
world.

The Council on Foreign Relations: an
independent, national membership organization and a nonpartisan center for
scholars dedicated to producing and disseminating ideas so that individual
and corporate members, as well as policymakers, journalists, students, and
interested citizens in the United States and other countries, can better
understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United
States and other governments.

CFR
Education: gateway for professors, teachers, and students in
search of tools and resources to increase their understanding of
U.S. foreign policy and international relations.

U.S. Presidents Day -
officially known as Washington's Birthday, is
a federal holiday in the United States and is celebrated on the third
Monday of February. In 2009, Presidents Day falls on February 16.

The Presidents
of the USA - Since George Washington's election in 1789,
44 men have served as President of the United States. They have led
in times of peace and war, hardship and plenty, and served in
tenures as short as one month and as long as 12 years. Learn more
about America's Presidents.

U.S. Department of State - Office of
the Historian: to provide better access to the official historical
documentary records of U.S. foreign policy. The Office is responsible for
writing and researching historical studies on various aspects of U.S.
diplomacy for use by policymakers, and for the public at large.

Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS): This important United States government
series serves as the official documentary historical record of major
foreign policy decisions. Produced by the State Department’s Office of the
Historian, many of these printed volumes have been digitized and placed
online here as part of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
project.

Virtual Tour—The White House -
This virtual exhibit takes the
visitor on tours of various rooms and areas of the White House. The
White House curator gives a video presentation of the art and
furnishings on the State Floor.

Votetocracy: where every citizen can see every bill currently in
congress, vote on those bills and send those votes to their
representatives.

We
the People - Library of Congress (LOC) presents a compendium of
American history online resources for teachers and students.

The Abraham
Lincoln Association: Includes The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln,
1953, The Abraham Lincoln Association Serials, which includes The Abraham
Lincoln Quarterly, 1940-1952, Bulletin of the Abraham Lincoln Association,
1923-1939, Lincoln Centennial Association Addresses, 1909-1918, and the
Lincoln Monographs.

The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana: This truly astonishing
collection from the Library of Congress's American Memory project presents
over 1300 items with more than 4000 total images from the years 1824 to
1931. Includes: sheet music, broadsides, prints, cartoons, maps, drawings,
and campaign tickets related to Lincoln's life and times. This truly
astonishing collection from the Library of Congress's American Memory
project presents over 1300 items with more than 4000 total images from the
years 1824 to 1931.

Lincoln 200 Years (C-Span): February 12, 2009 marked the 200th anniversary of Abraham
Lincoln's birth. The
materials on the site are divided into five sections including "Schedule,"
"Timeline," "Video," "In His Own Words," and "Gallery." The "Timeline"
offers a brief overview of important events in Lincoln's life.

The Lincoln Institute:
concentrates on providing support and assistance in the study of the life
of American's 16th President and the impact he had on the preservation of
the Union, the emancipation of black slaves, and the development of
democratic principles which have found worldwide application. This site is
a must on the life and politics of this man who is 'remembered for his
character, his speeches and letters, a man of humble origins whose
determination and perseverance led him to the nation's highest office.'

The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: a project of the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and
Museum, and it is co-sponsored by the Center for State Policy and
Leadership at the University of Illinois Springfield and the Abraham
Lincoln Association. The project is dedicated to identifying, imaging,
transcribing, annotating, and publishing all documents written by or to
Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime.

Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation: "dedicated sections on the
Medal of Honor and its Recipients including a searchable Living Histories
page featuring the video stories of more than 120 Recipients. The
Foundation’s Character Development Program also has its own section, where
the entire curriculum, which the Foundation has introduced in 40 states, is
downloadable free of charge."

The Price of
Freedom: Americans at War. A presentation by the Smithsonian
Institution outlining how Americans have gone to war to win their
independence, expand their national boundaries, define their freedoms, and
defend their interests around the globe.

The War That Made America: The dramatic PBS documentary tells the story of the French
and Indian War (1754-1763), which began in the wilderness of the
Pennsylvania frontier and spread throughout the colonies, into Canada, and
ultimately around the world.

Coming of the American Revolution (1764-1776): Before the American Revolution, the British
colonies along the eastern seaboard of North America were a rather
disparate group of competing entities. Strong dissatisfaction with various
policies of the British government stirred them to action during the 1760s
and 1770s. This fine website from the Massachusetts Historical Society
takes visitors inside that struggle through official documents, personal
correspondence, and newspaper pieces from those tumultuous decades.

Journal of the American Revolution: engaging free journal brings
late 18th century America to life, with articles, columns,…The journal's
mission to "deliver impeccable, ideally groundbreaking historical
research and well-written narrative" will appeal to educators looking to
liven up lesson plans, as well as academics, journalists, and lovers of
history of all kinds.

Liberty and the American Revolution (Princeton University): Features
more than 150 recently gifted important books, pamphlets and prints
representing…the intellectual origins of the American Revolution; the
Revolution itself; the early years of the republic; the resulting spread of
democratic ideas in the Atlantic world; and the effort to abolish the slave
trade in both Great Britain and the United States. Visitors should not miss
the exquisite edition of Thomas Paine's celebrated "The age of reason: being
an investigation of true and fabulous theology," printed while Paine was
imprisoned in 1794.

USHistory.org (The Independence Hall Association): our mission is to
educate the public about the Revolutionary and Colonial eras of American
history, as well as Philadelphia generally.

The Rochambeau Map Collection
contains cartographic items used by Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur,
comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), when he was commander in chief of the
French expeditionary army (1780-82) during the American Revolution. The
maps were from Rochambeau's personal collection, cover much of eastern
North America, and date from 1717 to 1795.

American Civil War - National Park Service: The American
Civil War remains a complex and interesting subject. This omnibus website
provided by the National Park Service provides a number of thematic sections
that include "Civil War Education", "Civil War Parks", and "African
Americans in the Civil War". For those who may be less familiar with the
basic events and chronology of the Civil War, there is a section titled
"About the Civil War" which provides a detailed timeline of events, an area
of stories about the Civil War.

The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 – Open Yale Courses.
This course, taught by Professor of American History and Director of the
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and
Abolition at Yale University, traces the American Civil War from its
antecedents in the 1840s to its effects in the late 1870s. Taking into
account national, sectional, racial, constitutional, individual, social,
intellectual, and moral meanings that the war has held for American
politics and civic life…

Britain and the American Civil War: During the Civil War, both the
Confederacy and the Union tried to curry favor with Britain in order to
support their respective causes. This online exhibition explores these
relationships through original period maps, photographs, diplomatic
documents, and much more.

Gilmer Civil Wars Maps Collection: During a long career in the United States and
Confederate States of American Armies, Jeremy Francis Gilmer served as an
engineer. Responsible for constructing fortifications and conducting land
surveys, he created dozens of maps and other such documents. All told,
this digitized collection at the University of North Carolina Library
currently contains 161 maps, plans, and land surveys, spanning the region
from Alabama to Virginia. There are some real gems in this collection,
including a map of the battlegrounds of Shiloh in 1862 and a map detailing
the military defenses along a portion of the coast of Texas.

Mathew Brady Civil War Photographs The U.S. National Archives has
digitized over 6,000 images from the series "Mathew Brady Photographs of
Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes."

First World War: The seven-part series from the Guardian and Observer on the
history of the first world war. This intriguing site created by the
Guardian newspaper in Britain features slideshows, articles, and a set of
external links to additional websites of note.

First World War: A multimedia history of World War I. Check out this huge resource
regarding World War I. From audio and video to military documents.

World War II (1939 to 1945)
(BBC): On This Day. Britain and France
joined the war on 3 September 1939. A compilation of key stories as they
broke throughout the war.

Historic Government Publications From World War II: a project of Southern Methodist
University’s (SMU) Central University Libraries. The organization of the
site encourages browsing; you can browse all documents via an alphabetical
title list, or jump right to a special collection of (fascinating) Pocket
Guides to foreign nations prepared during the war for U.S. servicemen.

Untold Stories of D-Day (National Geographic): "A grand hoax, top
secret maps, and live-ammunition rehearsals set the stage for June 6,
1944, when 200,000 soldiers stormed Normandy's beaches to help free
Europe."

World War II
Military Situation Maps, 1944-1945: The Library of Congress:
Contains 416 printed maps and covers June 6, 1944 to July 26, 1945. The
maps show daily details on military campaigns in western Europe. They can
be browsed by date or place (Ardennes, Europe, France (Normandy), or
Germany).

The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II:
A Collection of Primary Sources released by. The National Security Archive.
Edited by William Burr, this book contains 77 declassified US government
documents on the atomic bomb and the end of the war in the Pacific theater of
operations.

Memorial Day (USA.gov): a federal holiday observed the last Monday
in May, commemorates the men and women who died while in the military
service. A national moment of remembrance takes place at 3:00 p.m. local
time.

Memorial Day (History Channel): Officially observed on
the last Monday of May,
honors men and women who died while serving in the American
military. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years
following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971.

The World Memory Project - Ancestry.com: "The United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry.com announce the launch of the
World Memory Project. The goal is to build the largest free online
resource for information about victims and survivors of the Holocaust
and Nazi persecution during World War II."

Veterans Day -
November 11: On the 11th hour of the 11th day of
the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities,
was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War,
then known as "the Great War." Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the
following year, November 11th became a legal federal holiday in the United
States in 1938.

Veterans History Project (VHP): As a partner with filmmaker Ken Burns
and PBS on The War, this special Web site enhances the viewing experience
of this epic yet intimate look at those who sacrificed so much to serve
their country during World War II.

Virtual Vietnam Wall: Names of Vietnam War Casualties by City and State. First click on a state.
When it opens, scroll down to the city and the names will appear. Then click
on their names. It should show you a picture of the person, or at least their
bio and medals.

U.S. Army Center of Military History: First-time visitors may wish to
start at the Medal of Honor area, which provides some detailed information
about this most celebrated award, along with its recipients. Visitors
shouldn't leave without looking over The Green Books series. This series
covers all aspects of the Army's involvement in World War II; titles include
"The War in the Pacific," "The Middle East Theater," and "The Technical
Services."

The U.S. First Division Museum online: 1st Infantry Division's WWII
battle documents are available for research concerning D-Day and other
historic battles. There is no charge to view the digital collection.

American Sign Language University: designed for students, teachers, parents, and
visitors with an online sign language dictionary (complete with
demonstration photographs), finger spelling lessons, and numbers lessons.
The section for teachers is a real gem, as it includes a number of sample
syllabi, general guidelines for instructors, as well as an online library
that includes subjects such as regional dialects in ASL, Chinese Sign
Language and the National Theater of the Deaf. Finally, the site contains
a special section for parents. Here, they can learn more about
communicating effectively with their child who is deaf.

National Capital Language Resource
Center (U.S. Department of Education, et al): excellent
resource for language teachers at all levels…First-time visitors may wish
to start by looking at some of their specialized sites, such as "The
Essentials of Language Teaching", which is a "how-to" guide for
university-level languages teachers. After that, they may want to look at
"The Culture Club" area, which serves as a place where teachers and
students can share multicultural and multi-language resources.

All About Leadership library: The concept of leadership is relevant to any
aspect of ensuring effectiveness in organizations and in managing change.
Topics in the Library include Gaining Broad Perspective on Leadership, Is
Leading Different than Managing?, How Do Leaders Lead?, Traits and
Characteristics That Leaders Should Have.

The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans: fulfills its mission of honoring the
achievements of outstanding individuals in our society who have succeeded
in spite of adversity and of encouraging young people to pursue their
dreams through higher education. Additionally the Society awards college
scholarships so if you're on the higher education trail, you certainly
want to become familiar with this group!

"Steward Leadership" by James Nolan (Woodstock Report, October 2010,
98, p. 1, 4). "Something is missing in the prevailing focus on business
leadership.…What was missing was a question of identity, a state of mind,
a fundamental orientation. What was missing was the self-understanding of
those in business and particularly those in positions of leadership that
all the resources at their disposal do not belong to them but to God. They
are entrusted to use them in order to carry out God’s purposes.…"

US Marine Corps 11 Leadership Principles: These 11 principles form
the foundation of leadership in the Marine Corps. Living by these
principles will make you a better officer. Together, they form the
traits and values that define your character as a leader.

US Marine Corps 14 Leadership Traits: The 14 leadership traits
are qualities of thought and action which, if demonstrated in daily
activities, help Marines earn the respect, confidence, and loyal
cooperation of other Marines. It is extremely important that you
understand the meaning of each leadership trait and how to develop
it, so you know what goals to set as you work to become a good
leader and a good follower.

Character Action Media: consists of video-based lessons of inspiring
stories of individuals living out the personal and civic virtues in ways
that are relevant to youth. Lessons help students understand the
virtues, inspire them to live out the virtues, and present individual
and group activities relevant to the focused virtues.

"The Content of Our Character: Ten Essential Virtues" by Tom Lickona
adapted from Character Matters. What is the content of good
character? How a school defines character – what it includes or omits in
its target virtues – will shape the goals and activities of its
character education initiative.

"Virtue and The Art of Living" by Dr. Edward P. Sri. A
10-part series of essays on virtue and the art of living. Lay Witness is a publication of
Catholic United for the Faith, Inc.

The Virtue-Driven Life by Mark Lowery, Ph.D. There are four cardinal
moral virtues: prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude. They are
called "cardinal" from the Latin word for "hinge," (cardo, cardinis) since
the whole life of natural virtue pivots on these four key virtues. Think
of these as "grooves" in your life that keep you headed toward your final
destiny. Every particular virtue—patience, magnanimity, gratitude,
trust—belongs to one of these grooves.

Virtuous Leadership: A 12-point summary of Alexandre Havard’s model.
Havard states that "Leadership is intrinsically linked to virtue." This
summary includes the virtues of magnanimity and humility, prudence
(practical wisdom), courage, self-control and justice. "By practicing
the virtues, leaders become mature in their judgments, emotions, and
behavior."

"Virtuous Leadership: An Agenda for Personal Excellence" by
Alexandre Havard at Franciscan University of Steubenville,
Wednesday, October 12, 2011. The speech was sponsored by Franciscan
University's Advancement Office and the new Center for Leadership as
part of the Distinguished Speakers Series.

Canon Law
Info: Created by Dr.
Edward Peters, an American lay canon lawyer, as a resource center on
Catholic Canon Law. "The more Catholics at all levels in the Church
understand their canonical rights and duties, the more effectively they
can partake in the mission of the Church, a mission born from and leading
to communion with God and his faithful people."

Digital Media Law Project's Legal Guide Knowing your legal rights and responsibilities
is important for anyone who publishes online. The DMLP's legal guide
addresses the legal issues you may encounter as you gather information and
publish your work. The guide is intended for use by citizen media creators
with or without formal legal training, as well as others with an interest
in these issues.

How Much Privacy Do You Have Online? (January 17, 2019) – University
of Dayton School of Law. "We’ve been using the internet for decades, but
the concept of privacy still lacks a modern application to the online
world. Digital privacy, therefore, remains a legal frontier."

Duke Law & Technology Review: online legal publication that focuses on the evolving
intersection of law and technology. This area of study draws on a number
of legal specialties: cybercrime, intellectual property, patents &
copyright, business law, media & communications, health & biotechnology &
criminal law.

EDGAR Corporate Filings - U.S. and Otherwise (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission): Public
corporations (domestic and foreign) and certain "insiders" are required by
law to file certain documents on a regular basis. This information, of
course, is scrutinized by investors, financial analysts, journalists, etc.
A good basic tutorial is available on the SEC website. It was updated
earlier this year.

Federal Judicial Center: Clearinghouse of information about the federal court system, its history,
and its judges. Visitors can go straight to one of the primary
sections—“Federal Judicial History”, “Publications & Videos”, and
“Educational Programs & Materials”. In the “Publications & Videos” area,
visitors can use the search engine to look for specific items of interest,
or they can also browse the archive’s contents by subject or by date of
publication. Type “copyright” in the search box for the Copyright Law,
Second Edition, Robert A. Gorman, 2006. For most visitors, the “Federal
Judicial History” will be of greatest interest, as it contains biographies
of federal judges since 1789, the histories of individual courts, and
summaries of landmark decisions.

FERPA - the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: This federal law
protects the privacy of your education records. The law applies to all
schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S.
Department of Education. After age 18, you have certain rights under FERPA
(until you are 18, your parents have these same rights, on your behalf).
You have the right to review your records at the school, and request that
the school correct any errors in those records. You also have the right to
a hearing, if your school disagrees with you. With a few exceptions, the
school cannot release your education records to other parties without your
written consent. The exceptions include law enforcement, emergencies,
transfer schools, officials at your school with a legitimate educational
interest, and a few others.

Free Legal Documents in Word and PDF Formats: A resource from the
document experts at FormSwift. "Absolutely Free…No sign-up required."

Create Rental Application (FormSwift): takes less than 5 minutes;
legally binding in all 50 states; print and export to word or PDF in
seconds. A rental application is something used by landlords to screen
potential tenants. Someone wishing to rent the property must fill out a
rental application to be considered.

How Courts Work - American Bar Association (ABA): Details the
intricacies of how courts in America actually work. Here readers will
find four informative sections, including information about Courts and
Legal Procedure, Steps in a Trial, The Human Side of Being a Judge, and
Mediation. Within each section, subsections further elucidate the topic.

The International Center for
Not-for-Profit Law: primarily concerned with helping
establish a legal framework for strengthening civil society across the
globe. The "Tools and Publications" area will be quite helpful to
practitioners in this area as it includes assessment tools (such as a
bibliography on the nonprofit sector and civil society) and a number of
guidelines for laws affecting civic organizations.

Justia: Law & legal information
for lawyers, students, business and the public. Covers Legal Practice
Areas | Legal Research & Law Practice | Cases in the News - Documents.

LawInfo's Free Legal Resource Center: Information you need to better understand the law and
get answers to legal questions. From free legal forms and informational
videos, to thousands of frequently asked questions, articles and guides,
here’s the answers you've been searching for.

Law Library of Congress: provides research and legal information to the U.S.
Congress as well as to U.S. Federal Courts and Executive Agencies, and to
offer reference services to the public…To accomplish this mission, it has
created the world's largest collection of law books and other legal
resources from all countries, and now moves into the age of digitized
information with online databases and guides to legal information
worldwide.

Federal Statutes: A Beginner’s Guide (Law Library of Congress). "We
will try to de-mystify federal statutory research by explaining the
statutory publication process and describing where each type of
statutory publication can be found."

Legal Information Institute - Supreme Court: This archive is an
excellent and frequently updated database concerning the activities of
the U.S. Supreme Court. Readers may like to start with the Most Recent
Decisions. Selecting any case navigates to a page featuring the
Syllabus, Opinion, Concurrences, and Dissents of the Supreme Court's
most recent deliberations.

Introduction to Basic Legal
Citation - The online version of the standard reference work on legal
citation appeared in May by the Legal Information Institute (LII) at
Cornell University's Law School.

Ohio
Revised Code: All
statutes of a permanent and general nature of the state as revised and
consolidated into general provisions, titles, chapters, and sections
including all bills passed with an effective date through September 12,
2008.

Open Jurist: access published
court opinions without charge. Currently has over 600,000 opinions
from the United States Supreme Court and United States Courts of Appeals
from the First, Second and Third series of The Federal Reports.

The Oyez Project - U.S. Supreme Court: a multimedia archive devoted
to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. It aims to be a
complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court
since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. The
Project also provides authoritative information on all justices and
offers a virtual reality 'tour' of portions of the Supreme Court
building, including the chambers of some of the justices.

Privacy Library
(Morrison Foerster):
the most comprehensive collection of privacy laws and regulations ever
assembled, the result of years of research and experience working with
clients around the world. The website provides companies with an essential
tool to help them navigate the privacy labyrinth.

The
United States Code: a consolidation and codification by subject
matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States, is now
available in a searchable online format. It is prepared by the Office of
the Law Revision Counsel of the United States House of Representatives.

Womens Law: a project of the National Network to End Domestic
Violence (NNEDV): providing legal information and support to victims of
domestic violence and sexual assault. Resources on Staying Safe, Knowing
State & Federal Laws/Statutes, Preparing for Court, Learn about Abuse,
Where to Find Help, Helping Others.

Center for Copyright Information: Online copyright infringement
(also called online piracy) has become a serious and growing problem.
The Center for Copyright Information (CCI) was formed to educate
consumers about the importance of copyright protection and to offer
information about online copyright infringement. Our goal is to
alleviate confusion and help Internet users find legal ways to enjoy the
digital content they love.

Center for Internet and Society (CIS): a public interest technology
law and policy program at Stanford Law School and a part of Law, Science
and Technology Program at Stanford Law School. CIS studies the
interaction of new technologies and the law and to examine how the
synergy between the two can either promote or harm public goods like
free speech, innovation, privacy, public commons, diversity, and
scientific inquiry.

Copyright Clearance Center: By offering licenses and permissions to content from
the world's most sought-after publications CCC helps to advance education,
innovation and the free flow of information - all while encouraging respect
for intellectual property and the principles of copyright.

Campus Guide to Copyright Compliance: Designed for academic
institutions, this guide helps answer questions ranging from basic
copyright law to the more complex topics of ILL and e-reserves. Includes
an Introduction overview, Copyright Basics, Using Content, Copyright
Compliance, Other Campus Copyright Issues and Quick Links.

United States Copyright Office: information about the multifarious
intricacies and real world practicalities of copyright law. Readers may
engage in various Tutorials that are designed to help users navigate the
site, such as an excellent Copyright Search Tutorial, which may be
viewed in PowerPoint, Webpage, PDF, and OpenDocument formats. Beginners
to the wide world of Copyright may benefit from the answers found in the
Frequently Asked Questions.

Copyright Law "Fair Use" - U.S. Copyright Office commentary (§107—§118 of the copyright act): The
distinction between "fair use" and infringement may be unclear and not
easily defined. There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that
may safely be taken without permission. Acknowledging the source of the
copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission. The
safest course is always to get permission from the copyright owner before
using copyrighted material. The Copyright Office cannot give this
permission. When it is impracticable to obtain permission, use of
copyrighted material should be avoided unless the doctrine of "fair use"
would clearly apply to the situation. The Copyright Office can neither
determine if a certain use may be considered "fair" nor advise on possible
copyright violations. If there is any doubt, it is advisable to consult an
attorney.

Copyright: "Deciding What Information Is Fair to Use" by
Reid Goldsborough. One of the catchphrases on the internet is "Information
wants to be free." This creates the impression that anything you come
across online is free for the using. Not quite. The same laws that protect
intellectual property elsewhere can get you in trouble for appropriating
someone else’s words, images, music, video, and so on.

Copyright and Fair Use Animation: Common Sense Media. This
three-minute video about copyright and fair use, which was produced
by Common Sense Media and intended for use by secondary teachers,
provides an excellent overview of basic concepts related to
copyright law.

Fair Use Evaluator: In the United States, use of copyrighted
material is considered fair when it is done for a limited and
transformative purpose. Knowing what is determined fair use and what
isn't, however, is not always as easy as it sounds. The Fair Use
Evaluator, which was created by the American Library Association's
Office for Information Technology Policy, helps readers through the
process of deciding what is and isn't fair use under the U.S.
Copyright Code.

A Fair Use Primer for Graduate Students (InsideHigherEd). "I
prefer to see the fair use doctrine as a safeguard against
accidental plagiarism, recognition for the rights of the original
author, and protection against copyright infringement."k

Copyright Law’s Fair Use Quiz: The MIT Libraries’ Office of
Scholarly Publishing, Copyright, and Licensing has launched an online
Fair Use Quiz to help students better understand the core concepts of
copyright law’s "fair use" provision, the flexible – but notably
ambiguous – exception under US copyright law that makes it possible to
use others’ copyrighted works without permission. The aim of the quiz is
to put information about fair use in the hands of students and empower
them to make informed decisions about using copyrighted works.
Fair Use Quiz.

A Fair(y) Use Tale
by Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell, a humorous,
yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through
the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless
copyright terms.

Thinking Through Fair Use (University of Minnesota Libraries -- Copyright
Initiatives). Fair Use allows users of copyrighted works to exercise some
rights under certain circumstances without seeking permission or paying
royalties. The Fair Use Doctrine is probably the most important exemption
to copyright protections for educational settings, allowing many uses of
copyrighted works for the purposes of teaching and research.

Copyright and Licensing Digital Materials - A Resource Guide: The digitization of
life in our world is creating more and more questions in the world of
copyright and licensing. The following information is meant to give you a
brief overview of some of the many issues you may encounter. Additionally,
it is meant to provide you with some reliable resources to use in your
quest to obtain appropriate permissions for the use of copyrighted works.

Copyright for Librarians: a joint project of Harvard's Berkman Center
for Internet and Society and Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL).
The goal of the project is…to inform librarians concerning: copyright law
in general, the aspects of copyright law that most affect libraries, how
librarians in the future could most effectively participate in the
processes by which copyright law is interpreted and shaped.

Copyright - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): is responsible for administering 23
international treaties that deal with various aspects of intellectual
property protection. For those who may be less familiar with the nuances
of this complex field, the "About IP" area is a good place to start.

Creative Commons: a nonprofit that offers free legal tools to
creative people who would like to share their work under specified
conditions. On the site, readers may like to start by searching the
commons, which they can do using the convenient search feature. The site
also features a number of compelling features for users who would like
to license their own content.

Creative Commons: a Shared Culture (YouTube). This snappy and
succinct 3-minute video offers readers a concise explanation of what
Creative Commons is, what it does, and how artists, corporations,
musicians, bloggers, and anyone else might make use of it.

Finding Public Domain & Creative Commons Media: The Harvard Law
School Library has compiled over 130 Research Guides to assist
students and other library patrons with their research initiatives.
One particular guide of note is the Public Domain and Creative
Commons Media Finder. This handy reference will help interested
readers locate and correctly attribute public domain and Creative
Commons media for personal and academic use.

Finding Copyrights and Trademarks for Free. The ever-more competitive
business world makes protecting a company's intellectual property a key
component to its success. Trademark-related research might concern
clearing the name of a new business, product or service for use in
commerce. It might involve monitoring new trademark applications, business
filings and domain name registrations for potential infringements.
Originally published in The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research
(June 2005).

Innovative Copyright - Unique Resources for Copyright Education. The
Copyright Education and Consultation Program, a project funded by the
Illinois State Library…The goals of the program include increasing
confidence in use of materials, informing users of copyright education
resources available to them, empowering users with knowledge about their
own intellectual property rights, and facilitating use of copyrighted
material in the classroom.

Intellectual
Property Law: Why Should I Care? (UCLA Library): Helps readers
understand the elaborate case law of intellectual property through
illustrations, quizzes, and colorful text boxes. Explore the various
sections of the site – Intellectual Property, includes 15 subsections
that explain the basics of copyright, fair use, patents, trademarks, and
other related topics before offering a quiz to help readers maximize
their learning. Need a File, Share a File delves into copyright as
related to the ever more common practice of file sharing, while Citing
and Documenting Sources provides an excellent primer on how to avoid
plagiarism and how to properly cite various types of media. For readers
working in a college context, this sterling resource from UCLA libraries
can provide students and professors with everything they need to know
about intellectual property in academia.

Research Copyright: Learn all about copyrights, patents, trademarks,
and intellectual property. Learn how to copyright your own works, whether
you are a writer, artist, musician, filmmaker, or other creative person.
Learn about copyright infringement and how to search for copyrights to
obey U.S. Copyright Laws. Download our free guides on copyright law,
copyright search, and how to use copyright protection.

Section 108 Study Group - Independent Copyright Committee: Launched by The Library of Congress
to conduct a reexamination of the exceptions and limitations applicable to
libraries and archives under the Copyright Act, specifically in light of
the changes wrought by digital media. The group will study how Section 108
of the Copyright Act may need to be amended to address the relevant issues
and concerns of libraries and archives, as well as creators and other
copyright holders.

Teaching Copyright Curriculum: Created to help teachers present the
laws surrounding digital rights in a balanced way. Teaching Copyright
provides lessons and ideas for opening your classroom up to discussion,
letting your students express their ideas and concerns, and then guiding
your students toward an understanding of the boundaries of copyright
law.

LIFE Photo Archive: Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo
archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published
and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE
and Google.

Ancient Observatories: Chichen Itza. This exhibition, developed by the
Exploratorium Museum, gives an overview of Mayan History, Mayan Mythology
and a Map of the excavation. Be sure to visit the Alignments, the
background on the intricacies of how the Mayans aligned their structures
for best observing the heavens. This site portrays an advanced ancient
civilization and is a testament to the ingenuity of these peoples. Don't
miss the Activities, a Mayan Calendar and Mayan Math where you can lean to
count in Mayan using the ancient stone documents

Artcyclopedia: compiled a
comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum
sites, image archives, and other online resources.

Awesome Library: organizes the
Web with 31,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent
in education. Topic areas: The Arts, English, Mathematics, Science, Social
Studies, Health and PE, Technology, Languages. Includes sections for
Teachers, Kids, Teens, Parents, Librarians, and College Students.

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina: aims to be a center of excellence in the production and
dissemination of knowledge and to be a place of dialogue, learning and
understanding between cultures and peoples.

British Library - Online Gallery You can now view and hear a staggering
30,000 images and sounds from
our world-renowned collections without ever needing to visit the
prestigious building in London.

The Art Institute of Chicago: They have placed more than 52,000
high-resolution images from their collection online, available to all
comers without restriction.

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA): brings together the
riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them
freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of
human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to
records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science.

Etext Projects ( University of
Virginia Library’s Electronic Text Center): holdings
include approximately 70,000 on- and off-line humanities texts in many
languages (including online Chinese and Japanese literature) and hundreds
of thousands of related images.

Google Art Project: Google has collaborated with 17 art museums
around the world to produce a cool site that lets you navigate through
high resolution images of the artworks in these museums.

The
Greatest Films: interpretive, descriptive reviews and historical
background on classic American films. A wealth of film reference material
(including a complete Academy Awards History and Film History) is featured
as well as hundreds of colorful, vintage poster reproductions for some of
the best Hollywood and American classic films in the last century. This
site is an outstanding, all-around resource with reviews of classic
American films, historical and genre information.

Great Web
Sites for Kids: The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the
American Library Association. ALSC’s online resource containing hundreds
of links to commendable Web sites for children.

KidsClick: Web
Search for Kids by Librarians. Terrific site to help your children prepare
term papers and research projects.

Halta Definizione: Every art historian's dream has come true. The
Italian masterpieces from the Middle Ages to the Modern Era viewable
online at a stunning resolution.

Hathi Trust Digital Library: a partnership of major research institutions and
libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and
accessible long into the future. There are more than
fifty partners
in HathiTrust, and membership is open to institutions
worldwide.

ipl2:
information you can trust. Merging the resources from the Internet
Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) websites.
The site is hosted by The College of Computing & Informatics at Drexel
University, and a consortium of colleges and universities.

ipl2 - Resources by Subject: merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL)
and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII). An annotated collection of high
quality Internet resources, selected by ipl2 staff for their usefulness in
providing accurate, factual information on a particular topic or topics.

ipl2 -
Pathfinders: "IPL Expert Guides" intended to help you get
started doing research on a particular topic, both online and at your
local library. Covers Arts/Humanities, Business/Consumers,
Education/Libraries, Entertainment/Leisure/Hobbies, General Reference,
Health/Medicine/Nutrition, History/War, Law/Politics/Government,
Science/Technology, Society/Culture.

ipl2 - Homeschooling: educating children at home with educational
materials and content chosen by parents. In the United States,
homeschooling is a legal option for parents who wish to educate their
children in a different learning environment than what exists within the
schools of the community. Different states in the U.S. have different
legal requirements if children are to be homeschooled.

The Jewish Virtual Library: the most comprehensive online Jewish
encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to
Zionism. So far, more than 10,000 articles and 5,000 photographs and maps
have been integrated into the site. The Library has 13 wings: History,
Women, The Holocaust, Travel, Israel & The States, Maps, Politics,
Biography, Israel, Religion, Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress,
Vital Statistics and Reference.

The
Library of Congress (LOC):
the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the
research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world,
with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in
its collections.

Ask
a Librarian: an
online reference service from the Library of Congress (LOC)

Law Library of Congress: provides research and legal information to the U.S.
Congress as well as to U.S. Federal Courts and Executive Agencies, and to
offer reference services to the public…To accomplish this mission, it has
created the world's largest collection of law books and other legal
resources from all countries, and now moves into the age of digitized
information with online databases and guides to legal information
worldwide.

Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection: Database and Digital Images at the
Harry Ransom Center –
University of Texas-Austin. This database contains
215 medieval or Renaissance manuscripts that date between the 11th and
17th centuries.

Museum of Online Museums (MoOM): links to online collections and exhibits covering a vast array of
interests and obsessions. The MoOM is organized into three sections: The
Museum Campus contains links to brick-and-mortar museums with an
interesting online presence. The Permanent Collection displays links to
exhibits of particular interest to design and advertising. Galleries,
Exhibition, and Shows is an eclectic and ever-changing list of interesting
links to collections and galleries, most of them hosted on personal web
pages. In other words, it's where all the good stuff is.

National
Archives (NARA) has preserved and provided access to the records of
the United States of America. Keeper of the Declaration of Independence,
the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights and many other public records.

The National Gallery of Art - Collections: one of the
finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in
painting, sculpture and graphic arts from the Middle Arts to the present.
The collections can be searched by specific artist, title, or a
combination of criteria for easy access to all the individual works.

National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LOC):
Administers the free program that loans recorded and braille books and
magazines, music scores in braille and large print, and specially designed
playback equipment to residents of the United States who are unable to
read or use standard print materials because of visual or physical
impairment. Materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United
States by postage-free mail.

Norman Rockwell Museum Digital Collections: Original artworks,
archival objects available for private study, scholarship, research, and
public enjoyment. This image and data library is a multimedia tool that
enables keyword and advanced searches of the Museum's extensive digital
collections.

OhioLink Digital Resource Commons (DRC): learn about the historic, instructional,
cultural, and creative works of those in the Ohio University system, as
well as the liberal arts colleges of Ohio. Visitors will want to click on
"Communities and Collections" on the left hand menu to browse the vast
resources available. Some of the communities included are "Art and
Architecture", "Multi-Subject Video", and "OhioLINK Electronic Thesis and
Dissertation Center".

Online Field Trip for Students Without Leaving Home: "Technological
advancements like the internet and smart devices have proven beneficial
for people in various aspects of life.…One particularly great use for
these new technologies is the use of virtual and online field trips,
which are a cheaper and more convenient alternative to real-life field
trips."

The National
Security Archive: independent non-governmental research institute
and library located at The George Washington University in Washington,
D.C. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired
through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project: seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the
intersection of religion and public affairs. The Forum pursues its mission
by delivering timely, impartial information to national opinion leaders,
including government officials and journalists. As a nonpartisan,
non-advocacy organization, the Forum does not take positions on policy
debates.

The September 11 Digital Archive: to collect, preserve, and present the
history of September 11, 2001 and its aftermath. The Archive contains more
than 150,000 digital items, a tally that includes more than 40,000 emails
and other electronic communications, more than 40,000 first-hand stories,
and more than 15,000 digital images. In September 2003, the Library of
Congress accepted the Archive into its collections, an event that both
ensured the Archive's long-term preservation and marked the library's
first major digital acquisition.

Writing Tips for being a better writer are designed to help
sociologists and social science students learn to communicate their
insight, wisdom, and knowledge in a more direct, lucid, and intelligible
way.

National Museum of Natural History: Lesson Plans & Classroom Resources.
The National Museum of Natural History has a myriad of exciting
resources for those who wish to help young people learn about natural
history. On the site, visitors can make their way through three
sections: Lesson Plans, Web-based Student Activities, and Resources for
Teachers & Classrooms.

National Portrait Gallery - Washington, DC: collections of paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings,
and photographs document the diversity of individuals who have made
significant contributions to the history and culture of the United States.

Smithsonian Education - Students: 'Students, A Place for Kids to Explore, to Discover and Learn.' Visitors
will find sections on 'Everything Art,' 'Science and Nature,' 'History and
Culture' and 'People

The Speculum Romanae Magnifcientiae Digital Collection
(University of Chicago Library): collection of 994 engravings which depict
major monuments of Rome and Roman antiquities by Antonio Lafreri, a master
printmaker and publisher in 16th century Italy. Visitors should click on
the "Itineraries" to find mini-exhibitions designed by scholars that will
allow them to travel through the collection based on a theme, location,
collection, or artist.

Theology Library
(compiled by Gerald Darring). The Library is Catholic but in an ecumenical
way, respecting the contributions of other Christian denominations. It
takes a dialogical approach rather than a confrontational one, downplaying
apologetics and encouraging inter-religious dialogue.

Vatican Museum: Raphael Revisited: Vatican Offers Virtual Tour 500 Years after
Artist's Death. April 6 marked the 500th anniversary of the death of
Raphael, the Renaissance painter responsible for "The School of Athens"
and "The Transfiguration." Click on the 360 Virtual Tour icon at the
bottom of the page.

The World Digital Library (WDL): Promotes international and intercultural understanding in multilingual
format with significant primary materials from countries and cultures
around the world.

Your Paintings – BBC: aims to show the entire UK national collection
of oil paintings, the stories behind the paintings, and where to see
them for real. It is made up of paintings from thousands of museums and
other public institutions around the country.

Algebasics: online
mathematics instructional resource that takes young and old alike through
the basics of algebra. The breadth of the material is divided into sixteen
sections, which begin with, well, "the basics", and proceed all the way to
a section on applying algebra to real-world situations.

Algebra Help: a collection of lessons, calculators, and
worksheets created to assist students and teachers of algebra.

Algebrarules: The Most Useful Rules of Basic Algebra, Free & Searchable.
An online resource for rules of arithmetic, exponents, and radicals. A
Glossary is also available to help math students remember the difference
between the divisor and the dividend and look up a number of other
terms. Each rule on this website is accompanied by a written explanation
and an example.

College Algebra: offers interactive material for topics such as
solving linear equations and inequalities, functions and graphs,
logarithmic functions, and matrices.

College Algebra Virtual Math Lab (West Texas A&M): Series of online algebra tutorials
for students and anyone else who might be returning to the world of
algebra. First-time visitors should feel free to browse through any of the
59 tutorials offered here. Each tutorial contains information about
learning objectives, full explanations, and numerous examples of how to
correctly solve problems.

Get The Math – algebra in the real world. See how professionals use
math in music, fashion, video games, restaurants, basketball, and
special effects. Then take on interactive challenges related to those
careers. Get the Math combines video and web interactivity to help
middle and high school students develop algebraic thinking skills for
solving real-world problems.

Purplemath: contains
hundreds of lessons designed to help students who might be having trouble
with algebra. "These lessons emphasize the practicalities rather than the
technicalities, demonstrating dependable techniques, warning of likely
"trick" questions, and pointing out common mistakes."

Annenberg Learner: Mathematics. Bursting with lessons, news,
interactives, and other helpful resources. Readers may like to begin by
searching out their particular field of study from the list, which
includes Numbers, Geometry, Math History, Statistics, and a giant
section called Algebra, Trigonometry, and Calculus.

Bates College Online Resources for Calculus and Linear Algebra: The
first couple of resources in each section contain past quizzes and exams
from each course, complete with information on each topic. Additionally,
each area contains drill problems, tutorials, and a fun "Find the
Error!" feature. The topics covered here include linear algebra, quadric
surfaces, functions, and abstract vector spaces.

The Calculus Page (U.C. Davis): features dozens of links to valuable online resources that deal with
this branch of mathematical inquiry and discovery. The first section of
the site is dedicated to providing materials for students of calculus
(including calculus animations and sample exams) and a number of resources
for instructors follow.

AP Calculus AB Course Home Page (Educational Testing Service (ETS) &
AP College Board): this site contains a cornucopia of materials about
teaching and learning calculus. Note the "Classroom Instruction and
Resources" section.

Instacalc Online Calculator a solution to those who need a variety of
calculations and conversions done simultaneously. With Instacalc, just
need to type in a calculation or operation and the answer will appear. The
application also includes some programming tools and advanced math
functionality, and the application can be embedded or linked, depending on
the user's preference.

Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (University of Plymouth,
UK): developed instructional materials designed to help both novice and
experienced math teachers. This particular area of their website provides
access to a number of interactive mathematics tutorials. The materials are
divided into eight units, including those that deal with factors,
mathematical diagrams, proportion, and estimating; users will find
coverage of everything from prime factors to the sometimes-daunting
Pythagorean theorem.

Exercises in Math Readiness: instructional tools to refresh memories on various
mathematical concepts. Created by the Department of Mathematics and
Statistics at the University of Saskatchewan, the site contains exercises
of varying difficulty that will take users through such topics as
geometry, trigonometry, algebra, and exponential functions. Teachers will
also want to look at the section that offers them some specific
instructions on how the site might best be used with students.

Figure
This! (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics): Mathematical challenges
for families provide interesting math challenges that middle-school
students can do at home with their families.

Free
Test Online: Standardized Tests Math and Science Practice for SAT,
ACT, CLEP, Advanced Placement and GMAT standardized tests. Designed for
students who are looking for free test practice and help and teachers who
are searching for teaching resources.

FunBrain Kids Center - Numbers: fun site to help with the Numbers, from basic arithmetic to
fractions, graphs and algebra. All games have varying degrees of
difficulty beginning with Easy on through Super Brain so you can pick the
level at which to start your child (yourself, even if you do not want to
admit that fact).

Illuminations: Math
Lessons (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) presents a
series of grade specific lessons on various topics of mathematics. There
are 524 lesson plans to 'support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning
of the highest quality for all students.' Illuminations provides
'standards-based resources that improve the teaching and learning of
mathematics for all students.'

Innovative
Teaching Exchange developed by The Mathematical Association of America
in order to facilitate the exchange of interesting and compelling teaching
resources from a wide range of educators. As their site indicates, "The
intention is to encourage more experimentation with more methods than the
traditional lecture/questions method."

InterMath: a professional
development effort designed to support teachers in becoming better
mathematics educators. It focuses on building teachers' mathematical
content knowledge through mathematical investigations that are supported
by technology. InterMath includes a workshop component and materials to
support instructors.

The Khan
Academy: Includes
over 2100
videos covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to
differential equations, Singapore Math, physics, finance and money and
banking. Khan has also developed a free, adaptive math program.

Math TV - Math and Algebra Help:
tutorial videos on topics that range from basic math to Calculus. Videos
are broken into short but very useful lessons that vary between 5 and 10
minutes in length and are very clear.

Learning Math: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability (Annenberg
Media group). Provides teachers with materials to teach data analysis,
statistics, and probability. The materials here are organized around the
content standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).
The focus is on introducing these concepts as an integrated
problem-solving process.

Math Central: an
Internet service for mathematics teachers and students K-12. A meeting
place for teachers to share resources, a service to teachers, students and
parents who may need an answer to a mathematical question.

Math Chase:
a completely free site where you can quickly test your times tables.
Learn by repetition and also increase their speed gradually as they
become more skilled.

MATHCOUNTS®: national math
enrichment, coaching and competition program that promotes middle school
mathematics achievement through grassroots involvement in every U.S. state
and territory. With over 22 years experience, MATHCOUNTS is one of the
most successful education partnerships involving volunteers, educators,
industry sponsors, and students.

The Math
Forum @ Drexel: leading
online resource for improving math learning, math education, and
communication. Offers a wealth of problems and puzzles; online mentoring;
research; team problem solving; collaborations; and professional
development.

Math Worksheets Center: over 8,000 K-12 math worksheets, lesson, homework, and quizzes. Created by
a group of Math Teachers assigned the task of helping a struggling school
district evaluate and choose a math curriculum that would help their
students achieve success.

Math Worksheet Site: On-line Math Worksheet Generator. You can create
an endless supply of printable math worksheets. The intuitive interface
gives you the ability to easily customize each worksheet to target your
student's specific needs. Every worksheet is created when you request it,
so they are different every time.

Mathematics Illuminated: an excellent thirteen-part series created by Annenberg
Media for adult learners and high school teachers. The series "explores
major themes in the field of mathematics, from humankind's earliest study
of prime numbers, to the cutting-edge mathematics used to reveal the shape
of the universe."

Math in Daily Life (Annenberg Media): interactive
exercises of mathematical principles in areas
of life such as home decorating, finances, and of course, cooking. The site includes a list of relevant websites, including links to
The Math Forum, the U.S. Census Bureau, and The Metric Conversion Card.

Mathematics – MIT OpenCourseWare: There are over four dozen courses
here, complete with syllabi, lecture notes, and even in some cases video
lectures and other audio visual materials.

Mathematics Teacher Resources: The University of Michigan Library
offers this helpful list of web resources for teaching mathematics. This
list includes items that will appeal to K-12 mathematics instructors,
adult educators, and college level mathematics instructors alike.
Resources are divided into three categories: resources for teachers
(most resources fall into this category), resources for algebra, and
resources for statistics.

MegaConverter2 convert just
about anything from one unit to a different unit—angles, area, finance
interest, fractions to decimals, kitchen measures, power, pressure,
flowrate with lots of units in between. Also, includes a MegaCalculator.

Web2.0calc: a fantastic scientific-based calculator that is
available only on the web. It's simple to use, easy to understand, and
functions like nobody's business.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: a public voice of
mathematics education, providing vision, leadership and professional
development to support teachers in ensuring equitable mathematics learning
of the highest quality for all students.

National Library of
Virtual Manipulatives: Interactive online learning units that deal
with topics such as geometry, arithmetic, and trigonometry. The "About"
section includes a tutorial designed for educators who wish to use the
materials as well as another tutorial that will teach educators how to
create lessons and activities. Visitors can also browse teacher published
lessons, all of which have been vetted by staff members at the National
Library. Finally, visitors will want to definitely look over the virtual manipulatives library, which includes instructional materials that
students will find quite engaging.

Online Statistics Education: An Interactive Multimedia Course of
Study. Provides everything a big, fat, hard-covered stats book does but
it in an easily navigable web format.

Open Curriculum Mathematics Library: a 5,000-document library for
math teachers to use as lesson materials tailored to the lesson plans
for the Common Core mathematics. Anyone can use the material on the
website without logging in, but to get access to tools such as the
lesson plan builder, you need to create a free account.

Plus, the Best Science Site on the Web: opens a window to the world of math by providing articles
from the top mathematicians and science writers on topics as diverse as
art, medicine, cosmology and sport.

Introduction to Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes: by
Hossein Pishro-Nik. An open access peer-reviewed textbook intended for
undergraduate as well as first-year graduate level courses. It can be
used by both students and practitioners in engineering, mathematics,
finance, and other related fields. Includes: short video lectures that
aid in learning the material, online calculators for important functions
and distributions, solutions manual for instructors.

PUMAS - Practical Uses of Math and
Science (NASA): On-Line Journal of Math and Science Examples for
Pre-College Education. A collection of brief examples showing how math and
science topics taught in K-12 classes can be used in interesting
settings, including every day life.

Quizzes.cc:
provides math quizzes, great for teachers and students. You can choose
some of the popular quizzes or design your own math quiz.

S.O.S. MATHematics: resource for math review material for high school, college students and
adult learners. Get help to do your homework, refresh your memory, prepare
for a test,…Browse more than 2,500 Math pages filled with short and
easy-to-understand explanations on the following subject areas: Algebra,
Trigonometry, Calculus, Differential Equations, Complex Variables, Matrix
Algebra, or Mathematical Tables.

Success in Mathematics (St. Louis University): Tips on how to study
mathematics, how to approach problem-solving, how to study for and take
tests, and when and how to get help.

Teachnet.Com: offers multiple resources for teachers, including lesson
plan ideas in mathematics, science, technology and many other subject
areas.

Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences Helping students master skills ranging from
simple arithmetic or graphing, to sophisticated use of equations and
models is an integral aspect of teaching geoscience at the undergraduate
level.

Ethics
Updates: designed to be used by ethics instructors and their students
to provide resources and updates on current literature, both popular and
professional, that relates to ethics.

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: provides detailed, peer-reviewed, scholarly information on
key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy. Texts have been
collected from public domain sources and from articles submitted by
professional philosophers. Search by key words or by timelines of
philosophical movements and thinkers.

Philosophy Pages: Garth Kemerling's helpful
information for students of the Western philosophical tradition.

Robert J. Kutak Center for the Teaching and Study of Applied Ethics
(University of Nebraska – Lincoln): Promoting Ethics Across the
Disciplines. "To highlight the importance of critical thinking and moral
reasoning in resolving ethical dilemmas and to encourage its exploration
in the context of different disciplines and methods of inquiry."

The
Sophia Project: an online collection of original articles, primary
source texts, and commentaries in the fields of philosophy and ethics…

Virtues for Life: Designed to inspire and coach you in the daily
practice of virtues so that you can achieve your personal best and,
consequently, lead a more extraordinary life.

Virtues List: Virtues are the essence of our character and
character does indeed determine destiny. The more we recognize the
potential impact that practicing virtues can have on our lives, the
more our lives open up to new possibilities and to greater joy and
fulfillment.

Genetics and Ethics: Ethical issues surrounding genetics continue to
be a focus of the Bioethics Research Library.

Center for Bioethics
(University of Minnesota): "to advance and disseminate knowledge
concerning ethical issues in health care and the life sciences." Visitors
will want to check out the "Resource Center" section. Here, they will find
short summaries on a variety of bioethics topics, detailed overviews with
thorough bibliographies, as well as an excellent set of resources for
teachers who wish to incorporate bioethics into the classroom.

On Vaccines Made From Cells of Aborted Fetuses - "It is a Grave
Responsibility to Use Alternative Vaccines". Vatican City, July 26, 2005 (Zenit.org)
Letter by Bishop Elio Sgreccia, president of the Pontifical Academy for
Life of a study conducted by the academy entitled "Moral Reflections on
Vaccines Prepared from Cells Derived from Aborted Human Fetuses."

Adulting 101: Millennial Life Skills Classes (Relationship Skills). "Millennials
are highly proficient with technology, they’re more deficient in "soft
skills," which are those personal attributes that enable people to
effectively and harmoniously communicate with others. Soft skills include
listening, negotiating, reading body language and feeling empathy.

Brain Facts for Educators: Easy-to-use teaching resources,
activities to engage young people’s interest, and educational tools
sorted by age and reading level. Most resources in this section are
aimed at pre-university students. Multimedia resources include videos
and images to augment lesson plans.

Neuroscience & the Classroom (Annenberg Learner): Making
Connections. The course is presented in eight segments, including units
about Different Brains, Emotion & Thinking, Seeing Others, Different
Learners, Neural Networks, Implications for Schools, and an Introduction
and Conclusion. Videos and a variety of Visuals and Interactives make
the information compelling and accessible.

Brain Works: This fun, interactive quiz will evaluate which hemisphere of your brain is
dominant as well as whether you evaluate things more predominantly with
visual or auditory cues. The right hemisphere of the brain is linked to
creativity, while the left hemisphere of the brain is paired with
analytical thinking. By knowing which hemisphere is dominant, we can
determine the style of learning that will be most effective for us.

International Forgiveness Institute: dedicated to helping people
gain knowledge about forgiveness and to use that knowledge for personal,
group, and societal renewal. The IFI is an outgrowth of the social
scientific research done at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since
1985 by Dr. Robert Enright and his colleagues. Check out
Ask Dr. Forgiveness.

"Forgiveness: Part of Healing"
by Elaine Walton ("Marriage and
Families," April 2001): "We can say, "I forgive," but still question if we
have truly forgiven. We may not be able to decide if forgiveness is
important or valuable.…"

Depression Guidebook for Students: Students can learn about
common factors of depression in college and where to get help. Plus
colleges and universities can find tips for supporting the mental
health of their students.

Substance Abuse in College: Unfortunately, for far too many
students, relaxing on the weekend might also mean indulging in far
too much alcohol or even harder substances.

Balancing Student Stress: Students will learn about common forms
of stress encountered in college, what causes stress in the first
place, how stress manifests itself in college students, and what to
look for if a student feels he/she or a friend may be in over their
head.

The Mind: Teaching Modules (Annenberg Foundation - Colorado State
University). 35 short video clips that cover current findings on
language processing, drug treatment and addictions, and cognitive
development throughout the life span. The programs also cover mood and
personality disorders, and pain and its treatment.

"The Psychology of Cyberspace": John Suler, Ph.D., Department of
Psychology, Rider University. This hypertext book explores the
psychological aspects of environments created by computers and online
networks. It presents an evolving conceptual framework for understanding
how people react to and behave within cyberspace: what I call "the
psychology of cyberspace" – or simply "cyberpsychology." Continually being
revised and expanded, this hypertext book originally was created in
January of 1996. See the
article
index which indicates the articles most recently added and revised.

12 Common Fears That Keep Us Stuck: Theo Tsaousides Ph.D. Psychology
Today, January 30, 2019. "Fear plays a huge role in shaping who we
become. It affects the decisions we make, the actions we take, and the
outcomes we achieve."

The Road to Resilience (American Psychological Association): This
APA brochure is intended to help readers with taking their own road to
resilience. The information within describes resilience and some factors
that affect how people deal with hardship. Much of the brochure focuses
on developing and using a personal strategy for enhancing resilience.

What is Mental Health? Mental health includes our emotional,
psychological, and social well-being. Mental health problems which
affect your thinking, mood, and behavior can be caused by genetic
conditions or conditions of the brain, traumatic life experiences or
family history of mental illness. Resources for Anxiety Disorders, ADHD,
Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Schizophrenia, OCD.

Viktor Frankl - Why to Believe in Others (TED). In this rare clip from
1972, the legendary psychiatrist and Holocaust-survivor delivers a
powerful message about the human search for meaning—and the most important
gift we can give others.

William
James: Includes Essays, Excerpts, Letters, and Reviews; Talks to Teachers on
Psychology and to Students on Life's Ideals; The Principles of
Psychology; Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking;
The Meaning of Truth; The Will to Believe; On The Varieties of Religious Experience.

33 Google Search Tricks to Find Exactly What You're Looking For (Zapier):
Since Google knows everything, it provides built-in tools to narrow down
your search and give you the answers you want without even having to
click through to another website. You just need to familiarize yourself
with a few — or 33 — Google Search tricks.

Skills and Strategies for Web Researching: Before the Internet was
invented, academic research was largely restricted to l
journals, or personal accounts.…We are fortunate today to have such
tremendous resources at our fingertips, but it is important to know how
to use it correctly.…The key is in knowing where to look for reliable
resources, and weeding out good content from bad.

Internet Detective free online tutorial to develop Internet research skills
for your university and college work. The tutorial looks at the critical
thinking required when using the Internet for research and offers
practical advice on evaluating the quality of web sites.

Research Guides at Harvard University Library: From African Studies
to Zoology, each guide contains information culled from both print
resources at Harvard's libraries to a plethora of digital resources from
around the Internet. There are a number of particularly rich guides
here, including those for Data and Biological Sciences.

'Brought to Life' (Science Museum, London): Exploring the History
of Medicine. Offers access to images of thousands of fascinating objects
from the Museum’s great medical collections. A valuable resource for
teachers and students working on the history of medicine, and related
subjects, in schools and universities. It also engages people of all
ages and interests in the story of medicine.

DifferenceBetween: not only facilitates your understanding of a
topic, but it also enables you to differentiate two similar subjects.
The subjects are organized into a range of categories from "Business" to
"Technology". We compile and unify multiple reliable resources for each
topic onto a single page, so then readers can gather adequate
information very quickly and effortlessly.'

FactCheck.org: Annenberg Public
Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. A nonpartisan, nonprofit
"consumer advocate" that aims to reduce the level of deception and
confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is
said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates,
speeches, interviews and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best
practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public
knowledge and understanding.

Google – Search Education: It is critical that students understand
how to effectively use web search to find quality sources appropriate to
their task. Google created a series of lessons to help you guide your
students to use search meaningfully in their academic research and
beyond. The site is aimed at both at teachers and at individual users.

Poemsource:
Features poems of Christmas, Friendships, New Years, Birthdays, and
other common categories.

Someone Sent You A Greeting: Features greeting card messages and
quotes for the more common occasions like birthdays, weddings,
Christmas etc and some of the less thought of like Bar Mitzvahs,
Baptisms, being late or missing big events and much more. There's
also a large selection of free eCards that can be sent from the
site.

Holidays on the Net: a collection of
multimedia holiday celebrations.…Each holiday celebration also offers a
wealth of information about the holiday, including its history and
holiday-related activities.

Holidays Calendar: Provides information on dates and information
for holidays around the world, and to present it in a fun and
accurate manner for children and adults of many ages.

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections. A virtual library
of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff
at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as
databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards,
mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of
researchers, and many other types of information.

Interesting Fun Facts: As the name suggest, provides you with some
interesting information on various topics. The site has been divided in
categories ranging from the animal kingdom all the way up to geography.
Listed within these categories, you will find articles that can prove to
be a invaluable resource when it comes to gather information about
topics like animals, insects, mountains, rivers and lots more.

Inside Higher Ed the
online source for news, opinion and career advice and services for all of
higher education. Plus, a powerful suite of tools to help higher education
professionals get jobs and colleges identify and hire employees.

JSTOR Daily:
Writers provide insight, commentary, and analysis of ideas, research,
and current events, tapping into the rich scholarship on JSTOR, a
digital library of more than 2,000 academic journals.

Martindale's Reference Desk: a complete reference site that is updated
daily with world affairs and other items of interest. The site has a
comprehensive index that covers just about every subject from languages to
construction, to science and physics as well as a variety of online
calculators.

Mobento: a video
learning platform providing a free to use library of the world's best
educational videos. They scour the public web and work with the world's
best teachers and institutions to bring you a one stop shop for video
learning. It's like a You Tube of education. Click Discover > All
Categories for a drop-down menu.

National Geographic Professional Development: professional
learning opportunities for educators engaging with students from
pre-K to post-secondary. Our programs and resources range from
in-the-field projects to digital resources to online networks to
grant opportunities and courses.

National Geographic Classroom Resources: Resource Library of
high-quality, standards-based, educational resources and activities.
Many of our free maps, lesson plans, imagery, interactives, and
reference materials have been curated into collections grounded in
the bold and transformative approach that National Geographic takes
around science, exploration and storytelling.

NationMaster: a
massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare
nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as
the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can
generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.

StateMaster: statistical database which allows you to research and compare a multitude
of different data on US states. Information compiled from various primary
sources such as the US Census Bureau, the FBI, and the National Center for
Educational Statistics. More than just a mere collection of various data,
StateMaster goes beyond the numbers to provide you with visualization
technology like pie charts, maps, graphs and scatterplots. We also have
thousands of map and flag images, state profiles, and correlations.

The National Map (The U.S.
Geological Survey--USGS): Provides public access to high-quality,
geospatial data and information from multiple partners to help support
decision-making by resource managers and the public…to enhance America's
ability to access, integrate, and apply geospatial data at global,
national, and local scales.

National Park
Maps: currently has 1,053 free high-resolution national park maps to
view, save, and download. Download PDF and image files of any U.S.
national park map. Use the menu to navigate to the park of your choice.
You can view all parks alphabetically or sort by state.

NativeWeb: disseminates
information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations
around the world; to foster communication between native and non-native
peoples; to conduct research involving indigenous peoples' usage of
technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and
services to facilitate indigenous peoples' use of this technology.

Perry-Castañeda Map
Collection – The University of Texas-Austin Libraries: a one-stop
shopping site; not only will you find many different types of maps right
here, but links are also provided to related maps all over the Internet.

Social Encyclical Primer
(USCCB): The history of Catholic social
teaching, specifically as it has been expressed through papal encyclicals.

Spark Notes: study guides to help students learn and practice basic
skills, write a paper, study for a test and achieve their academic goals.
Each guide contains thorough summaries and insightful critical analysis of
a nearly endless range of subjects including English literature,
Shakespeare, History and Math and Science.

Synagoga Judaica (Juden-schül) by Johannes Buxtorf. A
Christian’s observations scrupulously documenting the customs and
society of German Jewry in the early 1600s. Newly translated and
annotated in English by Alan D. Corré.

The Time
Now: The place to look for the current time of any location in the
world…also provides other information such as daylight saving time, time
zones, currencies, country calling codes, detailed weather and forecast,
sunrise & sunset, moonrise….

The
Official U.S. Time (NIST). The National Institute of Standards and
Technology – Time and Frequency Division maintains the standard for
frequency and time interval for the United States…An official website of
the United States government – U.S. Dept. of Commerce.

The Traveler's Guide to Cybersecurity: Although you should always
pay attention to your cybersecurity, when you travel for business, it is
imperative to be even more vigilant about protecting your digital
assets. When you are on the road, you are also responsible for
safeguarding your organization’s property and information — and you’re
slightly more vulnerable to cyberattacks.

UPMC Health Library: a great resource to help you manage your
health. View the Featured Learning Centers for frequently requested
health education information.

Varsity
Tutors Learning Tools: it is the world's largest free practice test
and assessment site. In total, we have over 40,000 professionally
written problems and thousands of distinct practice tests across 120
subjects.

wikiHow - How to do anything: The world’s collaborative how to
manual. "We are driven by a shared passion to create a high-quality
collection of how-to guides…the single most helpful set of step-by-step
instructions available on that topic anywhere." See Explore Categories
at bottom of home page.

Wonderpolis – National Center for Families Learning: This site
"walks the line between formal and informal education," creating
experiences that highlight that "wonder is for everyone." Readers may
like to begin by scouting the homepage, where they will find some recent
wonders…such as How Do Hearing Aids Work? and Do Snakes Have Ears?
Selecting one of these wonders calls up a page with erudite answers.

Chat Slang:
Resource for chat slang and emoticons. You can look up the meanings of
acronyms, abbreviations, slang terms, and emoticons using the Search box
in the upper-left corner of each page. You may also browse the terms
alphabetically or browse by category using the links in the navigation
bar to the left.

Encyclopedia Mythica: online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore,
heroes and heroines and legends. It currently contains over 7,000 entries
on gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary creatures and beings from all
over the world.

The Encyclopedia of
Television: more than 1,000 original essays from more than 250
contributors and examines specific programs and people, historic moments
and trends, major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid
television and the quiz show scandal.

Fact Monster: reference
site for kids that provides a dictionary, encyclopedia, almanac as well as
homework help and a variety of daily features, including This Day in
History, Today's Birthday, and educational games – Fact Monster is indeed
a monster site!

Glossary of Meteorological Terms: Terms used by meteorologists,
forecasters, weather observers, and in weather forecasts. Compiled from
multiple sources by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Internet Slang Dictionary and Translator: Assists parents and teachers
in learning what kids are chatting about. Slang Translator is for
translating individual words or phrases, Slang Dictionary is for
researching words and the important Netspeak Guide gives individuals who
are not 'internet lingo savvy' access to articles and resources to help
further understand internet slang, online acronyms, net trends, and
overall internet etiquette.

Historical Thesaurus of English (University of Glasgow): online
thesaurus of over 800,000 words. "Said to be the only resource to make
the meaning of every English word from the last millennium available to
the public online. It is a digital version of the Historical Thesaurus
of English Project, the printed version of which was first published in
2009 after 44 years of work by academics at the University of Glasgow."

Merriam-Webster's WordCentral: There is an online dictionary, a thesaurus and even a
section where you can create your own word collection. Teachers, the ‘For
Educators’ section will point you to all sorts of valuable word resources.

The
Old Farmer's Almanac: since 1792, has published useful information for
people in all walks of life: tide tables for those who live near the
ocean; sunrise tables and planting charts for those who live on the farm;
recipes for those who live in the kitchen; and forecasts for those who
don't like the question of weather left up in the air. "Our main endeavour
is to be useful, but with a pleasant degree of humor."

OneLook
Dictionaries: The
ultimate "Search dictionary web sites for words and phrases," indexes over
18,373,069 words in 1052 dictionaries. A unique
feature of the site is the capability to enter a pattern of letters with
wildcard symbols allowing you to retrieve the words that match the entered
pattern.

Online Etymological Dictionary: Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words
meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.

Science Dictionary (American Heritage): clearly describes the
complex language of specialized branches for a wide audience.
Biographies of eminent scientists are included along with the applied
vocabularies of chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, computer
science, and more.

Science and Engineering Encyclopedia: Will be of great use to students
of engineering and science, and educators working in these broad areas.
Visitors can click around at their leisure through the alphabet of terms,
or they may also wish to start off in one of the topical areas, which
include mechanical engineering, computing, chemistry, and physics.

Sign Language Dictionary: Provides a short video with each word
definition showing how to create it with sign language. You can search
by term, topic, or letter.

Giphy: More
than 2,000 Gifs to Teach You American Sign Language (ASL). Giphy cut
videos from the popular educational series Sign With Robert, adding text
descriptions to make the GIFs look like looping flash cards.

Sports Definitions:
a sports dictionary which explains the key terms in over 175 sports and
games.

Synonym-Finder:
Dictionary of Synonyms Online. Speak and write with confidence. To help
you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently,
incessantly, etc.… Note links at top of page to search for Antonyms and
Definitions.

Word-Buff: covers
the fanatical sub-cultures that have exploded in recent years around
Crosswords, Scrabble, and Spelling Bees. Hundreds of free tips, lists, and
other cool resources put together by people…who play word games to win.

American Rhetoric: comprehensive online speech databank to 5000+
full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal
proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events,
and a declaration or two.

Eigen's Political & Historical Quotations: world's largest collection of memorable quotes about
and by historians, politicians and other public figures. The collection is
designed for the use of students, journalists, teachers, historians,
political scientists and the many other people who are interested in
politics and political history.

Famous or Well-Known
Sayings from the Bible. The English language (as well as other
languages) has been full of phrases and proverbs from the Bible.
"Cleanliness is next to godliness" is not one of biblical origin. Neither
is "God helps those who help themselves." That one is from Poor Richard's
Almanac.

LitQuotes - Quotes from Literature: This literary reference site features quotations from the great works of
literature. You can search for quotes in a number of different ways.

ML Quotes:
Discover the power of quotes. Quotations listed by author and topic.

More Illustrations: Over 20,000 illustrations, anecdotes, stories,
jokes, sayings, maxims, and quotations on more than 2,000 topics, a
valuable resource for preachers, teachers, youth leaders and anyone who is
tasked in public speaking.

Said What?: Famous quotes, inspirational quotes, serious quotes, funny
quotes, motivational quotes. Said What? has over 22,000 quotes and
proverbs online…the only site you will ever need.....you can quote us on
it!

The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page: The most comprehensive collection of Samuel Johnson quotations
on the web, often referred to as "Doctor Johnson". Over 1,800 quotes from
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), one of the most quoted men of the 18th
century.

Action Bioscience: provides articles by scientists, science educators and students on issues
related to seven primary areas, including genomics, biotechnology,
evolution, and biodiversity. All of the pieces on the site go through a
peer-review process and are written with a keen eye towards providing
information in a way that is largely jargon-free and highly accessible.

BioEd Online – Lessons and More (Baylor College of Medicine): Offers
high-quality lessons, teacher guides, slides, video and supplemental
materials that can be downloaded for use in your classroom. Materials
are sorted by format, topic and grade level, making it easy locate
content that is appropriate for your students.

BioOne: Provides access to critical, peer-reviewed research in
biological, ecological, and environmental sciences rom BioOne's 167
journals and book series. Now available for easy access to
faculty, students, and researchers via their iPhones, Androids, and
Blackberry smartphones. Click on
Browse/Collections to bring up all journals, select journal and
click on current issue, or past issues. Click on the
Resources tab for Student and Researcher Guides & Tutorials.

BioSciEdNet - National
Science Digital Library (NSDL): high-quality educational resources for
science educators everywhere…the resources here total over 14,000, and
cover 77 discrete biological sciences topics. BEN resources can help
engage student interest, shorten lesson preparation time, provide concept
updates, and develop curricula that are in line with national standards
for content, use of animals and humans, and student safety.

CyberBridge - Harvard University: Designed to help students
transition from high school to the first year of Life Sciences courses.
Sections include: Math in Biology, Types of Bonding, Structure of DNA,
Mendel’s Laws, Population Genetics, Mitosis & Meiosis.

Did
You Ever Wonder?: Developed by The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. A
dynamic project designed to allow renowned lab scientists the opportunity
to answer questions on a variety of subjects, twelve different questions
being posed each month.

Everyday
Mysteries: Get the answers to these and many other of
life's most interesting questions through scientific inquiry. Questions
are answered by research librarians from the Library of Congress’ (LOC)
Science Reference Services.

A Drop of Water – 2000 frames per second. Watch the 2-minute video that shows a drop of
water falling into a puddle at 2000 frames a second. You will see
something totally unexpected. "Doc" of M.I.T., explains the physics of the
event. From
Discovery Channel's series 'Time Warp'
where MIT scientist and teacher
Jeff Lieberman and digital-imaging expert Matt Kearney use the latest in
high-speed photography to turn never-before-seen wonders into an
experience of beauty and learning.

Red Orbit: the premier
internet destination for space, science, health, and technology
enthusiasts around the globe with over 300,000 pages covering the vast
ideological spectrums of space, science, health, and technology.

Einstein Papers Project (Cal Tech): access database of 80,000
records of all known Einstein manuscripts and correspondence and also
search the full text of 2,000 digitized items.

Digital Einstein Papers: more than 5,000 documents that span the
first 44 years of Albert Einstein’s life.…the website will grow to one
day feature what the publisher said may be the first free digital
collection of a prominent scientist’s complete works.

eNature: premier destination for information about the wild
animals and plants of the United States. Includes Online Field Guides for
flora and fauna, Gardening for Wildlife to help you with your garden
patrol and a Birds and Birding for bird enthusiasts. A zip code search is
available to help you locate and research your local wildlife.

Discover Life:
free on-line tools to identify species, share ways to teach and
study nature's wonders. Click on
All Living Things: a portal to all living things - the world's
flora and fauna;
IDnature guides: identify
plants, vertebrates, fungi;
Education Lesson plans, activities, and other information for
science teachers and students.

The
Encyclopedia of Earth: Reference about the Earth, its natural
environments, and their interaction with society. Note "Topics" in left
margin.

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL): Information about all life on Earth -
one web page for each species. But EOL is much more than 1.9 million
species pages. It's an incredible resource for text, images, video,
sounds, maps, classifications and more, all freely available online.

The Eye of Science Project: 'combines scientific exactness with
aesthetic appearances, and thereby help to bridge the gap between the
world of science and the world of art.' Browse through images of Crystals,
Bacteria/Viruses, Botany, Medicine, Fungus, Technic and Zoology (click on
Gallery).

GotScience:
free, digital magazine dedicated to making recent scientific research
available – and accessible – to members of the general
public.…summarizes and analyzes recent research studies and news events
so that individuals understand the significance and limitations of these
new studies.

Hall of Human Origins for Educators: The American Museum of Natural
History offers a variety of helpful resources to aid K-12 educators
teach human origins and evolution. Educators may want to start by
downloading the Educator's Guide and one of three activity guides,
divided by grade level (K-4, 5-8, and 9-12). Here, instructors will find
a variety of "pre-visit" activities designed to help students prepare
for a museum visit; however, many of these activities can also be
adapted for use in any science classroom around the globe. Meanwhile,
the More Resources for Educators section of this website offers
materials that can be used to enhance classroom instruction or as study
resources for use outside of the classroom.

MegaConverter2 convert just
about anything from one unit to a different unit—angles, area, finance
interest, fractions to decimals, kitchen measures, power, pressure,
flowrate with lots of units in between. Also, includes a MegaCalculator.

Learning Science: Divided into seven primary sections, including "Physical Science," "Life
Science," "Earth and Space" and "Science & Tech," "Nature of Science."
Browse through teaching resources, interactive web-based lessons, and
links to external resources created by organizations such as PBS and Rice
University. One section worth singling out: "Tools to Do Science."

Mathematics of Planet Earth: assembled from the
print journals of the MAA: American Mathematical Monthly, Mathematics
Magazine, and College Mathematics Journal. The collection contains 16
articles, all related to the Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 theme.

Medical Student Resources and Software: University of Virginia's
School of Medicine has created a set of relevant websites that can be
useful for medical students and others with an interest in related
fields such as "A & P," "Biochemistry", "Nephrology", and "Surgery".
Each section contains links from reliable sources, including the
University of Toronto, Oxford University, and the University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center. The
"Gross Anatomy" area is very thorough, as it contains over twenty
resources that provide an overview of anatomy, anatomical slide shows…

Nanotechnology Curriculum Materials: Based at Cornell University,
the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) works to
provide helpful information about the world of nanotechnology to a range
of partners and stakeholders. This fine corner of their site provides
interested parties with a range of curriculum materials that covers
biology, general science, chemistry, environmental science, and
technology.

NASA
eClips™ - short relevant educational video segments exploring current
applications of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM,
topics. The programs are produced for targeted audiences: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
and the general public. Note the selection along the left margin.

NASA Instructional Units and Lesson Plans (TeacherLink initiative at
Utah State University College of Education): Provides direct access to
NASA instructional units and lesson plans. Visitors will note that there
are over 40 different resources here, listed alphabetically.

National Geographic Explorer: classroom magazine for grades two
through six. Its pages invite students to explore the world and all that
is in it. This website provides an extension to the National Geographic
magazine and allows students to explore in a fun, safe, online
environment.

Neuroscience & the Classroom: Neuroscience continues to attract a
range of scientists and researchers, and more and more schools are
incorporating at least a basic discussion of this area of science into
their curriculum. This educational series produced by the Science Media
Group at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics along with
several other organizations offers 42 video segments for classroom use.

Office of Science: Discovery & Innovation (U.S. Dept. Energy).
Browse through recent stories that address nanoscience's role in
creating "lithium-air" batteries and efforts to recycle waste heat into
electricity. Also includes a fascinating area called Brief Science
Highlights, profiles of work on drug discovery aided by supercomputers
and the quest for new desalination technology. The site is rounded out
by a section called Small Business Innovation Research and Small
Business Technology Transfer Highlights.

The Power of Discovery: STEM2 effort mobilizes a broad coalition of
community partners with STEM resources and expertise…by providing
guidance, training, and support for the development of high-quality STEM
programs.

Public Health Image Library (PHIL): offers "an organized, universal
electronic gateway to the Center for Disease Control's pictures." The
site welcomes public health professionals, laboratory scientists,
students and the general public to use this material for reference,
teaching, presentation, and public health messages.

RoboticsCourseWare: a resource for faculty at colleges and
universities to facilitate the implementation of new robotics courses or
the improvement of existing courses. We would particularly like to
enable institutions without core expertise in robotics to begin to
introduce these concepts into their curricula. Contains a large
collection of free teaching resources intended for use at the university
level.

Rocks for
Kids: Here you
will find out stuff about rocks & minerals and where to go to find out
more. If you already collect rocks then this is the place for you! Find
out where you can get more rocks, look at some super pictures of rocks,
learn how to identify the rocks you already have and discover neat things
you can do with rocks.

Science360 Knowledge Network (National Science Foundation): Immerses
visitors in the latest wonders of science, engineering, technology and
math with the latest science videos provided by scientists, colleges and
universities, science and engineering centers, the National Science
Foundation and more.

"The Science of Baking": "It’s said the cooking is an art, baking is
a science. Here are some simplified explanations of how and why the most
common ingredients do what they do.

Science of Everyday Stuff: A team-up of Discovery Education and 3M.
Students and teachers from kindergarten to the 12th Grade can use the
site. Learning tools are separately arranged for students, teachers, and
families.

Science behind the News - free resource of NBC Learn. NBC has
partnered with the National Science Foundation in an educational
initiative that seeks to explain the science behind everyday events.
Check additional NBC Learn free resources in left column.

Science Books Online:
free science e-books, textbooks, lecture notes, monographs, and other
science related documents. All texts are available for free reading
online, or for downloading in various formats.

Science Dictionary (American Heritage): clearly describes the
complex language of specialized branches for a wide audience.
Biographies of eminent scientists are included along with the applied
vocabularies of chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, computer
science, and more.

Science and Engineering Encyclopedia: Will be of great use to students
of engineering and science, and educators working in these broad areas.
Visitors can click around at their leisure through the alphabet of terms,
or they may also wish to start off in one of the topical areas, which
include mechanical engineering, computing, chemistry, and physics.

Science
Direct: world's
largest electronic collection of science, technology and medicine full
text and bibliographic information.

Science Education: Research & Training (NIH): high-quality digital
content for scientists, teachers, and the general public. First up is
the Microscope Imaging Station…where visitors can use the virtual
"station" to learn about immune cells and sea urchins that are "bent on
destruction". In the "Office of Science Education" section, visitors
will find fact sheets, lesson plans, and posters that deal with 41
different topics, including bioethics and the digestive system. There
are six other sections here, including "Environmental Health Science
Education" and "Health & Education".

Science
Friday: With a deep archive of past programs and video clips, the
website for NPR's Science Friday program is quite a find. The program is
hosted by Ira Flatow, and each week he and his colleagues "focus on
science topics that are in the news and try to bring an educated,
balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand." Check out
the "Latest Videos" section.

Science.gov: provides search of
more than 50 million pages of science information with just one query, and
is a gateway to over 1,800 scientific Web sites and 30 deep Web databases.

Science Education: Research & Training (National Institutes of Health).
This NIH website offers helpful science education resources for
young people from the elementary grades to college. Front and center
here is the Featured Site, which might at any given visit contain an
interactive exploration of the human eye, a series of pages on
environmental health designed for children, or another science-related
gem. Scrolling down, visitors will find the Resources for Educators
area.

Science of Innovation (National Science Foundation): This eleven
part series, created by the NSF, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
and NBC Learn, explores the science of innovation. Narrated by
newscaster Ann Curry, each segment is approximately five minutes.

Science News for Students: science news for children of ages 9 to 13. Timely items of interest to
kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles,
Web resources, and other useful materials. At the same time, offering
teachers creative ways of using science news in their classrooms.

Science and Photography Through the Microscope: devoted to microscopy science education.
Provides both a fine image bank for general use and general information
about the art and science of this interesting field of scientific
endeavor. The first stop for most visitors should be the education image
library area of the site.

Scientific Reports – Writing Center: University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill Writing Center provides a general guide to writing reports
about scientific research you’ve performed. In addition to describing
the conventional rules about the format and content of a lab report,
we’ll also attempt to convey why these rules exist, so you’ll get a
clearer, more dependable idea of how to approach this writing situation.

Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences. Helping students master skills
ranging from simple arithmetic or graphing, to sophisticated use of
equations and models is an integral aspect of teaching geoscience at the
undergraduate level.

ToxLearn: A
Multi-Module Toxicology Tutorial. Created by the U.S. National Library
of Medicine's Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program and
the U.S. Society of Toxicology to provide an introduction to fundamental
toxicological principles and concepts.

Try Science: discover the amazing world of science and technology
"Science is exciting, and it's for everyone!" Science centers around the
world contribute to this site, updating it with new content often; the
site is always changing, never boring.

Understanding Science - How Science
Really Works (UC-Berkeley):
Understanding Science 101 area includes quick reviews of topics like How
Science Works, What is Science?, and Why Science Matters. The Resource
Library contains classroom activities, teaching tools, and strategies
for keeping students thinking and engaged.

Understanding Science: Teaching Resources. A variety of resources to
help you increase student understanding of nature and process of
science. To improve your own content knowledge, explore Understanding
Science 101 and our resource library.

The Why Files:
Each week the site publishes a new story that digs into "the science
behind the news," providing readers with an erudite overview of the
scientific issues that shape our world. Educators searching for ways to
enrich their lesson plans will want to scout the Archives, which go all
the way back to 1999. the Teaching tab is loaded with helpful material,
including suggested Why Files that meet the National Science Education
Standards and Classroom Activities (discussion questions, quizzes, etc.)
on popular topics.

World Library of Science: Developed as a partnership between UNESCO
and Macmillan Science and Education, this online Library offers quality
Nature Education content in short eBooks and articles, serving a mission
to equalize access to high quality resources for science education for
all communities across the globe. WLS currently contains articles in the
field of genetics, and is intended for college undergraduate faculty and
students. Future plans involve expansion of life and physical science
subjects.

World
Wide Science: a global science gateway connecting you to
national and international scientific databases. Accelerates scientific
discovery and progress by providing one-stop searching of global science
sources.

The Anatomy
Lesson: a regional/systemic approach to the study of anatomy which takes a look at
each system separately (vascular, respiratory, etc.) Each lesson will
point out various structures found in the particular region being examined
and then followed by a review of what has been covered.

Atlas of the Human Body - American Medical Association: Examine simple
and effective diagrams of the circulatory system, the brain, the torso,
the female reproductive system, and others. The section titled "Effects of
Stroke" is quite effective, and this site will be a useful resource for
the general public, medical professionals, and others working in related
fields.

Biodigital Human: interactive, medically accurate…designed to
educate the average person about human anatomy and their own health
through the use of dynamic 3D graphics and simulations. Available as a
web-based or mobile app, readers must first sign up for an account to
begin. From there, the system opens up to an image of the human
skeleton. Readers may then select from over a dozen options to show and
hide the skeletal, ligament, digestive, urinary, reproductive,
respiratory, endocrine, nervous, cardiovascular, lymphatic,
viscera/fascia, and muscular systems.

The Body Explained: Cassius Bordelon, PhD offers light-hearted answers to
common questions about how the human body works. Segments generally run
one minute and are designed to help capture students' attention and
curiosity.

Bodymaps: Interactive 3D Human Body Map Online (Healthline). Would
you like to know how human organs look, or how your arteries and veins
are laid out within the circulatory system? This flash-based app offers
a comprehensive 3D map of the human body that you can easily zoom
through and manipulate.

Digestive Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases): Diseases that affect the digestive system made
up of the gastrointestinal tract (GI), liver, pancreas, and
gallbladder.

eMedlas.com: one of the best human anatomy online compilation that
provides a great selection of the anatomy of the human body through
hundreds of dissections and preparations. Our online histology section
details the most important 400 human histological structures.

Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body
-
the classic publication on the 'study of body structure.' The Bartleby.com
edition of the 20th edition Gray’s 'features 1,247 vibrant engravings --
many in color -- from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject
index with 13,000. Many of these illustrations are in color and unchanged
since the first edition in 1859. The search feature gives you direct
access to the information and illustrations.

Human
Anatomy Online - inner exploration of Human Anatomy. Each topic has animations, 100’s of
graphics, and thousands of descriptive links. Study the anatomy of the
human body. It’s fun, interactive, and an ideal reference site for
students or those who just want to know more about the medical
descriptions used by doctors and nurses.

Muscle Atlas - Musculoskeletal Radiology: Created by Doctor Michael
Richardson at the University of Washington, this online muscle atlas
covers the lower and upper extremity, and is primarily designed for use by
health science professionals.

The Virtual Body (MEDtropolis): aims to educate kids and adult on
bodily health; understanding the human anatomical structure is just part
of the process. The Virtual Body takes you on four tours - The Human
Brain, Skeleton, Human Heart, and Digestive Tract.

Web Anatomy: University of Minnesota has created this interactive
and engaging set of learning modules to help college students learn
about anatomy and physiology.

The Endocrine System: Diseases, Types of Hormones & More. The
endocrine system is one of the body’s main systems for communicating,
controlling and coordinating the body’s work. It works with the nervous
system, reproductive system, kidneys, gut, liver, pancreas and fat to
help maintain and control the following: body energy levels |
reproduction | growth and development | internal balance of body
systems, called homeostasis | responses to surroundings, stress and
injury. Click on the links under the title for other endocrine system
information.

The
Hormone Foundation: a leading educational resource for you, your
loved ones, and your health professionals on the prevention, treatment,
and cure of hormone-related conditions.

eSkeletons (University of
Texas-Austin): devoted to the study of human and primate comparative
anatomy. It offers a unique set of digitized versions of skeletons in 2-D
and 3-D in full color, animations, and supplemental information. The
purpose of this site is to enable you to view the bones of both human and
non-human primates and to gather information about them from our osteology
database.

Human Body & Mind - BBC Science: Provide the curious visitor with a
plethora of insights into the relationship between the human body and
mind. In the Body section, learn more about the organs, muscles,
skeleton, and the nervous system. The Mind area explores human emotion,
memory retention, emotions and instincts, and a number of other
subjects.

Inside the Brain: An Interactive Tour. The Alzheimer's Association
sponsors this website for the purpose of helping the general public
better understand the workings of the brain and 'how Alzheimer's affects
it.' There are sixteen interactive slides, each with information on the
special features presented in the particular image. Click on "Start
Tour."

The Learning Brain - Neuroscience. Topics covered include brain
structure, neurons and the nervous system, human senses and movement,
learning and memory, diseases of the nervous system, and the effects of
drugs on the brain and body.

Neurons:
Animated Cellular and Molecular Concepts (University of Toronto).
Visitors will find twelve different topical sections here, including
"Anatomy of a Neuron", "Axonal Transport", and "Neurotransmitter Release".
Each of these sections includes dynamic visualizations, coupled with
textual explanations that help users understand what's going on. And for
visitors who find themselves having difficulty navigating the site, there
is also a "How to Use the Program" primer that's quite nice. Additionally,
teachers and others can download selected animations from the site for use
in non-commercial purposes.

Visible Proofs - Forensic Views of the Body: The history of forensic medicine struggles
to develop scientific methods that translate views of bodies and body
parts into "visible proofs" that can persuade judges, juries, and the
public. Three online activities and three lesson plans introduce forensic
medicine, anthropology, technology, and history. Designed specifically for
students and educators, the lesson plans provide educators with ready-made
resources for the classroom and the online activities promote active
learning for students.

The Wellcome Library, London: 100,000 art and medicine images
available online for open use. This collection is where to look for
offbeat, bizarre photos including medical art of all types…. The images
here are absolutely fantastic. The images may be used for commercial or
personal purposes, with an acknowledgement of the original source (Wellcome
Library, London).

Academy of Natural Sciences: Exhibits include a photographic tour of Thomas Jefferson’s famed fossil
collection and an overview of the work of Joseph Leidy, a noted 19th
century paleontologist and anatomist. The "Scientific Research" area of
the site provides copious amounts of printed literature (including reports
and briefs) based on research done at the Academy.

All About Birds: Online Encyclopedia of Birds from Cornell Lab of
Ornithology. Free, comprehensive
resource for North American birds, bird watching, and bird
conservation-accessible to everyone. There is a 'Bird Guide,' including a
Video Gallery where you can enjoy videos of birds in their natural
habitats.

AviBase World Bird Database: "extensive database information system
about all birds of the world, containing over 19 million records about
10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution
information, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages, and more."

Avian Vocalizations Center (Michigan State): Project AVoCet aims to
provide a global database of well-documented, downloadable bird sounds
in aid of environmental and ornithological research, conservation,
education, and the identification and appreciation of birds and their
habitats.

Birds of America: The National Audubon Society…is making available
high-resolution downloads of John H. Audubon’s classic original 435
life-sized watercolors of North American birds. Audubon’s plates were
engraved by English engravers and colorists between 1827 and 1838.

Browse by Name or Shape: Database includes 584 of the more than 700
regularly occurring North American bird species.

Macaulay Library’s Animal
Sound & Video Catalog (Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology):
contains thousands of audio and video recordings of animals such as the
harp seal pup, the golden-fronted woodpecker, and a variety of turkeys.
Check out the Best of the Collection links.

Common Birds of Ohio: 103 of Ohio's most common breeding birds that
are found primarily in upland habitats.

Animal Facts: National Geographic. This enormously informative site
will delight and edify. The Animal Facts are categorized by Amphibians,
Birds, Bugs, Fish, Invertebrates, Mammals, Prehistoric, and Reptiles.

Aquatic Food Webs (NOAA Education Resources): This collection
contains a variety of multimedia, lesson plans, data, activities, and
information to help students better understand the interconnectedness of
food webs and the role of humans in that web.

ARKive: creating the ultimate
multimedia guide to the world’s endangered species with the help of the
world’s best filmmakers, photographers, conservationists and scientists.
Explore site by species or geographical region.

ARKive Education: Bring the wild to your classroom. Our FREE
education resources for 5-18 year olds can be used to teach a range of
curriculum subjects including science, geography, English and art.

Biologia: Central America Digital Collection This digital edition of
the important and out-of-print Biologia Centrali-Americana makes
all 58 biological volumes available. Descriptions of over 50,000 and
images of over 18,000, species of animals and plants.

The Bug Chicks:
entomologists who teach about the incredible world of insects, spiders
and other arthropods.

Bug
Guide: Identification, images, & information for insects, spiders &
their kin for the United States & Canada.

Butterflies and Moths of
North America: a searchable database of verified butterfly and moth
records in the United States and Mexico. This site includes dynamic
distribution maps, photographs, species accounts, and species checklists
for each county in the U.S. and each state in Mexico.

Butterfly vs. Moth:
Lepidoptera are classified into butterflies and moths. Taxonomists
commonly argue over how to define the obvious differences between
butterflies and moths. Includes Comparison Chart.

Butterfly School (Education Dept. of Butterfly House & Education
Center, St. Louis): Good resource for both students and teachers with
'Classroom Activities,' a 'Suggested Reading' list and a 'Species
Identification Guide. NB: left column sections with drop-down
menus.

12 Native Milkweeds for Monarchs
(National Wildlife Foundation). The monarch butterfly population in
North America has plummeted by over 90% in just the last 20 years.
NWF has launched a comprehensive campaign to
help save the monarch, and there are many ways you can get
involved.

Dinosaurs - Fact of Fiction
- USGS (U.S. Geological Survey – U.S. Department of the Interior):
This pamphlet contains answers to some frequently asked questions about
dinosaurs, with current ideas and evidence to correct some long-lived
popular misconceptions.

Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants. The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural
History has a highly informative and interactive exhibit on ants. The
exhibit explains how, much like humans, "ants achieve domination by being
social creatures". Dividing the ants' lives into "food", "warriors",
"shelter" and "communication", the exhibit offers an array of photos in
its photo gallery to illustrate the variety of ant life and behavior on
earth.

Insects.org:
"Studying Earth's Most Diverse Organisms." Aims to help you really see
insects for the miniature marvels they represent and to understand how
intertwined our cultures have become with these alien creatures.

The Life of Mammals (BBC): hosted by Sir David Attenborough. Research a particular
species by a variety of methods, by an animal's habitat, by his diet, by
body shape, intelligence and behavior, all designed to give an up close
and personal introduction to our beastly friends, both domestic and wild.

National Geographic's Animals:
dedicated to presenting pictures, facts,
habitats and also videos of animals. You can look up your favorite
'Amphibians,' 'Birds', 'Bugs,' 'Fish,' 'Invertebrates,' 'Mammals' and
'Reptiles.' The 'A-to-Z' Animals Directory will help narrow your search.

Natural History Museum Dino Directory (London): A 'guide to 333 of
the most well-described dinosaurs, including 374 images.' Here's your
chance to find out about dinosaurs and other extinct creatures. Access
answers to questions such as 'What were dinosaurs?', 'What were
archosaurs?', as well as facts on other ancient reptiles.

North American Mammals (National
Museum of Natural History): a searchable database of all living mammals of
North America. Based on "The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals,"
by Don E. Wilson and Sue Ruff (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1999) and
"Mammals of North America," by Roland W. Kays and Don E. Wilson (Princeton
University Press, 2002), over 400 mammals native to North America are
included.

Montana State University Library's Acoustic Atlas: includes more
than 2500 recordings of species and environments from throughout the
Western United States. "Our collection emphasizes the strong connection
between natural sounds and regional ecosystems, and features a growing
number of recordings from Montana and the Yellowstone corridor."

The National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library: online vault of a
comprehensive collection of select video clips and high-resolution still
images from America's underwater treasures and available for searchable
access and download.

NatureFind ( National Wildlife Federation): excellent web resource that makes it easy to locate
nearby places for family outdoor activities. These include but not limited
to camping and fishing spots, zoos, parks, wildlife sanctuaries and so on.

The Origin of Species: Biointeractive (Howard Hughes Medical
Institute). This series deals with two primary questions: How do new
species form? and Why are there so many species? Visitors can look over
three excellent short films that address these matters. The first
explores the epic voyages of Charles Darwin and his initial period of
discovery and revelation. The second film, "The Beak of the Finch,"
looks at four decades of research on finch species that live only on the
Galapagos Islands. The final work looks at the ways lizards have adapted
to several common habitats with rather interesting results.

The Paleobiology Database: to provide global, collection-based occurrence and taxonomic
data for marine and terrestrial animals and plants of any geological age,
as well as web-based software for statistical analysis of the data. The
project’s wider, long-term goal is to encourage collaborative efforts to
answer large-scale paleobiological questions by developing a useful
database infrastructure and bringing together large data sets.

PBS NATURE - video archives: Search by keyword or by program title. And keep
checking back, as video will be continually added to this section.

The Reptile Database: a collaboration of hundreds of scientists and
hobbyists around the world who study reptiles. Currently, the database
includes 9,900 species of reptiles, including another 2,800 subspecies.

Spiders & Other Arachnids (Australian Museum of Sydney): Dedicated
to facts and artistic depictions of spiders and other arachnids found in
Australia and around the world. Those new to the world of arachnids may
want to start by checking out Spider Diversity or A Spider's Life. These
sections provide overviews of the lifespan, origin, and variety of
spiders. Interested in identifying a particular arachnid or just
learning what different kinds of spiders look like? Check out
Australia's Spider Fauna for close up photographs and detailed
descriptions of select species.

The Spider
Myths Site - Myths, Misconceptions, and Superstitions About Spiders.
The spider, a much-aligned creature especially around the Halloween
season, is the topic of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
site.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Zoology Museum Collection: digitized
versions of heavily illustrated biological journals, a few dated as
early as 1859, and the majority from the first half of the 20th century.
In addition to searching, journals can be displayed in a gallery view,
so users can jump quickly to pages of interest. The Galápagos
Collection, an important subcollection at the UWZM, includes skeletons,
slides, pictures, books, and research papers collected and produced by
UW-Madison scientists and researchers during ten expeditions to the
Galápagos since 1969.

Zoology: the Zoology section of the American Museum of Natural
History's OLogy website is a goldmine of resources.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - National Digital Library. An
impressive collection of images, historical artifacts, audio clips,
publications, and video available at no charge. 12 thematic sections
contain a wide mix of items, all of which can be searched by format,
date, creator, and so on. The site also contains a keyword search area
that allows visitors to look for specific images, videos, or audio
clips.

USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: "The mission of the
program is to design and develop large and small scale surveys for
native bees. As part of the program we also develop identification tools
and keys for native bee species. One aspect of creating those tools is
creating accurate and detailed pictures of native bees and the plants
and insects they interact with."

Teaching tools - Amazing Space: Reveal the beauty and wonder of the cosmos to your
students with this comprehensive listing of all of our interactive
activities, graphic organizers, science content reading selections, and
more.

HubbleSite –
"The heavens are declaring the glory of God, and their expanse shows the
work of his hands": Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach (NASA). "At
the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), we're working hard to study
and explain the once-unimaginable celestial phenomena now made visible
using Hubble's cutting-edge technology. In the course of this exploration
we will continue to share with you the grace and beauty of the universe,
because the discoveries belong to all of us."

Reference Desk
- FAQs: answers to the basic questions about astronomy and Hubble,
figures and charts, and dictionary definitions for astronomical terms.

International Space Archives: a digital library containing the best of
the incredible imagery created by our planet's exploration of the
universe. These images come from a variety of sources including NASA and
other national and private space programs.

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day: Each day a
different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured,
along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

NASA Image Gallery: Hi-res image collections available both on their
website and on Flickr.

Astrobiology Magazine - Exploring the Solar System and Beyond. NASA sponsors this online
archive of past issues, on everything from life on Mars, extrasolar life,
stellar evolution and climate. The Image Gallery is dedicated to the art
of astrobiology; the Studio presentations give the visitor access to all
of the gallery images, the Panoramas let you view the material in flash
panoramic as well as zoom style, Terrafirma has the 'EarthView Now.' The
search engine is the backbone for detailed research and retrieval of past
articles.

Great Images in NASA (GRIN): collection of over a thousand images of significant
historical interest scanned at high-resolution in several sizes. This
collection is intended for the media, publishers, and the general public
looking for high-quality photographs. Please note that downloading these
image files may take some time, although searching and browsing should be
relatively quick.

NASA
Images - Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System: collection of historic photographs, film and video available
to the public. 21 major NASA imagery collections merged into a single
searchable online resource.

Space Images - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Space Images
database features images from across the universe taken by NASA
spacecraft.

Visible Earth: a catalog of NASA images and animations of planet earth.

The Planets - Eight Planets of the Solar System: a reference tool with up-to-date
basic science knowledge regarding the planets in our solar
system…providing not only facts, figures, and raw data for each planet,
but also explanations of the fundamental scientific concepts related to
the subject.

iBiology: Free
online biology videos by the world’s leading scientists. Includes
full-length seminars, short talks on the human side of science and
videos and resources for students and educators. Click on iBioSeminars,
iBioMagazine, iBioEducation.

Bioed Online: Courses. Baylor College of Medicine offers a wealth of
resources for biology teaches in Texas and around the world. These
series of online courses are designed to help teachers (and lifelong
learners) expand their expertise on a number of scientific subjects.

Biology Corner: Resource site for biology and science teachers and
students. It contains a variety of lessons, quizzes, labs, web quests,
and information on science topics for all levels, including introductory
life science and advanced placement biology.

Biology Animation Library (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory): Include a
brief overview of cloning, several on DNA, gel electrophoresis, and
polymerase chain reaction. The site is rounded out by a section on the
left-hand side that contains links to other educational resources created
by experts at the Dolan DNA Research Center.

Biology Browser -
Teaching resources created by Thomson Scientific.
Offers access to evaluated and curated digital resources of interest to
the scientific researcher.

Biology – Central
America–Digital Collection - This digital edition of the important and
out-of-print Biologia Centrali-Americana makes all 58 biological
volumes available. Descriptions of over 50,000 and images of over 18,000,
species of animals and plants.

BiologyPop: reference site that covers many diverse topics such as
cell biology, genetics, anatomy, biotechnology, ecology, and evolution.

The Biology Project - The Chemistry of Amino Acids. A basic
introduction to amino acids, offering a brief description of their role as
the "building blocks" of protein. After reading the introduction, students
can learn about the structure of amino acids, and then take on a few
exercises in the "Test yourself" section of the site.

Cells
Alive!: Film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and
organisms for education and medical research – Cell Biology,
Microbiology, Immunology, Microscopy, Cell Gallery.

Cell Biology Animation: provides dynamic insight into the lives of
cells. Readers may select from just under two dozen categories,
including Amino Acids, DNA, Mitosis, and many others. Each section
harbors a new activity that explains an aspect of how cells work.

Inside the Cell
(National Institute of Health): Explores the interior design of cells and vividly
describes the processes that take place within its organelles and
structures. Chapter 1: An Owner's Guide to the Cell, Chapter 2: Cells
101: Business Basics, Chapter 3: On the Job: Cellular Specialties,
Chapter 4: Cellular Reproduction: Multiplication By Division, Chapter 5:
The Last Chapter: Cell Aging and Death.

Mitosis: Learn about the process of cell division by directly
interacting with the cell. You'll have a glossary of relevant
definitions at your fingertips, and you can listen to a recording that
describes mitosis while you follow along in the text. Best of all,
Mitosis is a free app for your iPhone or iPod touch.

Tour of the Cell (National Science Foundation): The NSF created this
illuminating and interactive visual feature to help people learn about the
cell's different components. On the homepage, visitors are presented with
a clickable illustration of the cell's primary components, including the
nucleus, the cell membrane, and mitochondria.

Dr. Saul’s Biology In Motion: Animations, interactive activities, and cartoons designed to
make learning biology a richer, more engaging experience.

GeneEd: Genetics, Education, Discovery created by National Library
of Medicine (NLM), the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI),
and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a helpful resource for
the teaching and learning of genetics. On the site, visitors can find
labs and experiments, fact sheets, and teacher resources on topics
including DNA forensics, genetic conditions, evolution, and
biostatistics.

Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics (Wellcome Library). An
online research resource for the history of genetics, including
digitised books and archives from the Wellcome Library and partner
institutions.

Deciphering the Genetic Code: Marshall Nirenberg (NIH). This exhibit
from the NIH looks into the career of Marshall Nirenberg who began to
map the method by which DNA is translated into proteins, and solved this
conundrum in 1961. Also it provides details about the scientific
instruments he used to complete this discovery. The "History" area
provides details on the emergence of the modern field of genetics,
complete with illustrations and work done by Nirenberg's intellectual
predecessors.

DNA
from the Beginning: an
animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes and heredity. The science
behind each concept is explained by: animation, image gallery, video
interviews, problem, biographies, and links.

Inside Cancer (Dolan DNA
Learning Center of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory): a rather remarkable
exploration of the nature of cancer in the human body. Utilizing graphics
and interactive animations that serve to explain this complex condition,
the site is divided into sections that deal with the causes and prevention
of cancer, its diagnosis and treatment, and how the disease manifests
itself. Each section combines well-drawn animations with video clips of
scientists narrating brief passages that illuminate the accompanying
descriptions and captions.

Genetics@Nature: Important findings and discoveries from the world
of science, with a particular focus placed on biology, genetics, and
related fields. Features articles from a range of journals, including
Cell Research, Genes and Immunity, and Gene Therapy…Scroll down the
site, to find a selection of "gateways", including thematic sections on
cell migration and neuroscience.

The Genetic Science Learning
Center (University of Utah): Learn.Genetics delivers educational
materials on genetics, bioscience and health topics. They are designed to
be used by students, teachers and members of the public. The materials
meet selected US education standards for science and health.
Teach.Genetics provides resources for K-12 teachers, higher education
faculty, and public educators.

Teach.Genetics - Genetic
Science Learning Center (University of Utah): provides resources for K-12
teachers, higher education faculty, and public educators. These include
PDF-based Print-and-Go™ activities, unit plans and other supporting
resources. The materials are designed to support and extend the materials
on Learn.Genetics.

Stem Cell Research: An introduction to stem cells, the building
blocks of the body. What are some different types of stem cells? Issues
in stem cell research?

Stem Cells Across the Curriculum: college-level lesson plans
and activities designed to help students explore the
intersections of science and society and explore ethical debates
within the scientific community. These lessons have been crafted
by a team of scholars with support from the New York State Stem
Cell Science program, NYSTEM.

Understanding Genetics: Visitors can peruse the
questions posed to geneticists in the "Ask a Geneticist" feature, browse a
selection of recent news stories regarding genetics, and take a survey on
the ethical questions posed by the issues of stem cell research and
genetically modified foods.

High School Biology Resources: The Concord Consortium is a
non-profit educational technology group that has been designing
teacher-ready tools, from lesson plans to activities, for over two
decades. It is no surprise, then, that this site offers such compelling
visual simulations for biology educators and their students.

Human Embryology Animations: To help students "better understand the
complex processes that must occur in embryologic development." The
animations are divided into five thematic sections, including General
Embryology, Development of the Limbs, and Urinary and Reproductive
Embryology. Each animation lasts anywhere from 20 seconds to 8 minutes,
and they cover heart tube folding, septum development, postnatal
circulation, and 30 or so other processes.

NOVA - Life's Greatest Miracle: Tracks the human development from embryo to newborn by way of
the extraordinary microimagery of Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson.
Includes explanations of diagnostic and screening techniques currently
used to assess the health of an unborn child, the stem cell debate. This
site is indeed an important educational resource with a teacher's guide as
well as suggestions for associated discussions and activities.

The Journal of Probiotics & Health: an open access, online,
peer-reviewed, scholarly health journal that is designed to be read by
anyone with an interest in this important field, regardless of whether
they belong to a major library system. Articles focus on probiotics,
gastrointestinal infections, gut-microbiota, and the impact of
microflora on digestive and overall health.

Microbiology: MicroMatters (BioEd Online). Baylor College of
Medicine offers two curricular units: The Science of Microbes and The
Science of HIV/AIDS. These units are designed to help your students
understand microbiology and microbes, the tools needed to study and
understand them, and the critical ways that microbes impact life on
Earth.

Microbe World: Microbiology is the study of microbes and their
interactions with humans, animals, plants, and the environment. Microbes
are those organisms usually too small to be seen by the naked eye, such
as bacteria, viruses and archaea, and eukaryotes like yeast, protozoa
and algae.

Unseen Life
on Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology (Oregon Public
Broadcasting). Twelve half-hour video programs designed primarily for
college and high school students. Throughout the programs, students get to
meet up with scientists working in the lab and in the field. Some of the
programs here include "Genetic Transfer", "Microbial Evolution", and "The
Unity of Living Systems".

Microscope Imaging Station (Exploratorium): Allows visitors to peer
into the cells of living organisms such as sea urchins and zebra fish.
Visitors will find a wide range of high-resolution images and movies
created with research-grade microscopes.

National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI's mission is to
develop new information technologies to aid in the understanding of
fundamental molecular and genetic processes that control health and
disease.
NCBI Tutorials: Guided tutorials, exercises and problem sets in web,
PDF and video formats.

Nature Online Video Streaming Archive: Designed to complement selected
articles and letters from Nature magazine, these videos feature analysis
and commentary from Nature editors and selected scientists. This archive
contains over two dozen video features that report on the honeybee genome,
smoking and lung cancer genes, and the evolution of language.

Science at a Distance - E-Learning Modules: Professor John Blamire has
crafted this very fine set of online learning modules for students
interested in learning about everything from the properties of proteins to
Mendelian genetics.

The Virtual Lab Book: Dr. Stephanie Dellis created by for students
beginning the study of molecular biology. The guide is divided into
twelve parts, including "Safety in the Molecular Biology Lab", "Minipreparation
of Plasmid DNA", and "PCR and Thermacycling". Along with written instructions
and particulars, each section also contains a number of helpful diagrams
and visual illustrations.

Virtual
Labs - Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Biointeractive: Educates users about science and technology. Currently, the site contains
seven full virtual labs (right margin) that allow students to
learn how to identify various bacteria and another one that casts
participants as a young intern who is learning how to identify heritable
diseases of the heart.

The Virtual Museum of Bacteria: Visitors will "learn that not all
bacteria are harmful, how they are used in industry, that they belong to
the oldest living creatures on Earth", and many more interesting facts
to discover about the diverse world of bacteria. The "Bacterial Species
Files" tab at the top of the page, allows visitors to look up
information on 40 different specific bacteria, from Anthrax to Yersinia
enterocolitica.

Botany Depot:
"a global website for creative ideas and materials for teaching botany
in the 21st century for all ages and levels."

Botany and Plant Pathology Outreach Programs (Purdue University):
Resources that can be used in classrooms, ideas for science projects, or
to increase public awareness about plant science and plant disease
related topics.

Cleared Leaf Image Database: an online collection of cleared leaf
images from different investigators and labs around the world gathered
together in a single place." "The leaf images contained within the
database are of many types, but are primarily images of cleared leaves
where veins have been enhanced relative to the background through the
use of chemical clearing or other methods of enhancement."

Consortium of Midwest Herbaria: Extensive index of midwestern plant
specimens, the region includes the six states that border the western
Great Lakes: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin. visitors may also browse the Consortium's extensive
collection of photographs via the Images tab.

EveryRose - The Rose Reference Database: descriptive information on every rose currently
being sold, and the most important historical and species roses. Search
for a particular rose by name, by color, by just about any 'rose'
characteristic. There are over 7150 different roses listed as well as 2500
photographs.

Love of Roses: A great source for resources on growing roses. Plus, free
pictures, wallpaper and clipart that you can download.

Fun Facts About Fungi - Teachers’ Guides: Presented by the Utah
State University Intermountain Herbarium, is a learning experience for
everyone on the facts about Mycology: The study of fungi, fungi
diversity, decay and decomposition, mushroom collecting, and more.

Tom Volke's Fungi: A comprehensive study of mushrooms including a search facility to help you
locate the exact fungi that you're seeking. Don't think you have to be a
biologist to find this feature valuable…helpful for 'choosing and using
the different mushrooms for various dishes…interesting to anyone who
enjoys eating, growing or cooking with these fungi.'

Gardening Resources - National Gardening Association: Programs and initiatives highlight the
opportunities for plant-based education in schools, communities, and
backyards across the country. We serve as a bridge to connect people to
gardening in five core fields: plant-based education, health and wellness,
environmental stewardship, community development, and responsible home
gardening.

Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Vegetable Gardening: Jamie Martin.
"While some people are intimidated at the thought of gardening,
growing your own vegetables is a practical and rewarding activity.
Everyone can grow their own vegetable garden, but it takes time and
effort to sustain one. To ensure that you’ve got a head start, take
a look at our comprehensive guide on vegetable gardening."

Garden Planner (The Old Farmer's Almanac): makes it easy to draw out
your vegetable beds, add plants and move them around to get the perfect
layout. Either feet and inches or metric units are supported and any
shape of garden can be created.

A Taste of Gardening (University of Illinois-Extensions
Horticulture): a vegetable gardening basics series.

Vegetable Database & Planner: The easiest tool to find vegetable
growing ideas: Helps you find plants that will thrive in your plot
based on sunlight, planting month, soil type, and growing
difficulty. Just click on a plant that interests you to learn its
growing preferences and get growing.

WebGarden - Horticulture and Crop Science in Virtual Perspective:
Developed by Ohio State
University to research just about anything related to plants and
horticulture. The PlantFacts supports an Internet search engine with
'260,000 pages of information from every land-grant university in the U.S.
and several government institutions across Canada.' You'll have access to
plant Images, in particular, a Plant Dictionary, 'a searchable database of
high quality images featuring Ornamental plants, Turf, Plant Diseases, and
Insects.' There are also '200 short gardening how-to videos, ranging from
tips on basic landscaping to lessons on deadheading roses.' The FAQ's have
'illustrated answers to over 800 commonly asked Gardening Questions,
ranging from when to plant annuals to watering large shade trees.'

Australian National Herbarium: Centre for Plant Biodiversity
Research: "collections of preserved plant and fungal specimens and their
associated data…concerned primarily with scientific research and
documenting the vast diversity of plant and fungal life." Since the
Herbarium is not open to the public, the digitization of the Herbarium
collections is important, particularly for botanists.

vPlants -
a Virtual Herbarium of the Chicago Region. that
allows browsing 80,000 plant specimens. Visitors can search for plant
names by family, genus, or common name, also browse a glossary of terms
and a set of external links. The database brings the plant life of the
region to life through its mix of visual materials and well-written
descriptions.

Landscape Plants of the Upper Midwest: an interactive guide that is
specific to the upper Midwest of the United States (hardiness zones 3, 4
and 5), providing complete and accurate information on more than 600
species and varieties common to this region.

Leafsnap: An
Electronic Field Guide. Contains beautiful high-resolution images of
leaves, flowers, fruit, petiole, seeds, and bark. This free mobile app
uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from
photographs of their leaves.

The Life Cycle of Plants: Offers a refresher on the life cycle of
plants. The five areas here include "Seed Growth", "Parts of a flower",
"Seed Dispersal", and "Plant Identification". Clicking on each of the
first three sections mentioned here will reveal a set of interactive
diagrams and illustrations that show different scenarios documenting the
conditions that can affect plant growth.

Most Popular Garden Plants
(The Old Farmer's Almanac): North
America's most popular garden plants and "how to" gardening information
to help you prepare, plant, and care for them. For each plant, includes
the hardiness zone, sun exposure, soil type, soil pH, pests and
problems, harvest tips, recommended varieties, and special features. Or,
click the links below to browse by plant type: Vegetables | Fruit |
Herbs | Flowers | Shrubs.

The
Organic Center: promotes a new found understanding of the health and other benefits of
organic foods and production through a comprehensive set of credible,
peer-reviewed scientific studies that highlight and underscore the
"organic difference."

A Homeowner's Guide to Composting: How Composting Works,
Benefits of Composting, Do's and Don'ts for Backyard Composting,
Build and Maintain a Compost Pile, Worm Composting, Other Gardening
Resources.

How to Compost: designed to be a hub for all composting information. No matter what your
interest is, you'll find something here worth you time. Our goal is to be
the best resource on the internet covering all topics about composting and
organic gardening.

Kitchen Composting 101: the point of this kitchen composting
system isn’t to create super nutrient rich fertilizer – it’s to make
plant food that you can give to your plants on a weekly basis.

New Farm (Rodale Institute): farmer-to-farmer resources, articles and personal stories
that explain how to make regenerative farming profitable and build
supportive communities.

The
Rodale Institute: pioneering research on organic farming versus
conventional farming for farmers, gardeners, and the general public
alike. The "New Farm" link is the online incarnation of their print
publication that has been providing "farmer-to-farmer resources,
articles and personal stories."

Pesticide Alternatives Laboratory (Whalon Lab/Michigan State): committed to researching the
most innovative arthropod (bugs) pest management strategies, tactics and
tools available to help agricultural producers and private land owners
transition to more economical and environmentally friendly reduced risk
and organic pest management.

The PLANTS Database (USDA): Provides standardized information about
the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the
U.S. and its territories. This information primarily promotes land
conservation in the United States and its territories, but academic,
educational, and general use is encouraged.

UI
Woody Plants (University of Illinois): database on woody landscape plant
identification, culture and usage for the Midwest, including native and
introduced species and their major varieties and cultivars. This
encyclopedic resource serves as a learning tool for students, avid
gardeners and industry practitioners who want basic and in-depth
information on woody plants commonly found in the northern portion of
eastern North America.

The Plant
List: a growing, comprehensive scientific plant name dictionary of all
plant species. Here, you can browse through more than a million plants
categorized by their taxonomy. You can also view the entire plant list by
family or genus.

Plants of the World Online: a well-designed, searchable database
containing over 1.1 million plant names from around the world, more
than 65,000 detailed descriptions, and nearly 200,000 images.
Readers can search POWO by a plant's common, species, genus, or
family name, and they can also search by descriptive words, such as
colors.

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: List of plants and animals that are known to
occur in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, the Bahía Almirante, Laguna de
Chiriquí, and the surrounding mainland on the Caribbean coast of Panama

USDA - National Agricultural Library (NAL): One of four national libraries of the United States. It
houses one of the world's largest and most accessible agricultural
information collections and serves as the nexus for a national network of
state land-grant and U.S. Department of Agriculture field libraries.

The Native Plants Database: Search for native plants by scientific or common name or
choose a particular family of plants. If you are not sure what you are
looking for, try the combination search or our Recommended Species lists
to explore the wealth of native plants in North America.

Native Plant Information Network: goal is to assemble and
disseminate information that will encourage the sustainable use and
conservation of native wildflowers, plants and landscapes throughout
North America.

Plant Native: dedicated to moving
native plants and naturescaping into mainstream landscaping practices. Our
goal is to increase public awareness of native plants and related
landscaping practices and to increase both the supply of and demand for
native plants.

The Pollinator Partnership: to promote the health of
pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation,
education, and research.

Chemistry: Challenges and Solutions (Annenberg Learner). An
introductory chemistry course consisting of 13 units of online text, 13
half-hour videos, three interactive labs, and a professional development
guide. The target audiences are high school and college students, as
well as teachers who want to learn more about cutting-edge applications
of chemistry – including energy and the environment, biotechnology, and
material science.

AP Chemistry Course Home Page: Stresses mastering the conceptual and
quantitative aspects of chemistry, by enhancing students' qualitative
understanding and visualization of the particulate nature of matter
through the development of students' inquiry, analytical, and reasoning
skills.

ChemCollective (Carnegie Mellon University): Collection of virtual
labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests.
Teachers can use our content for pre-labs, for alternatives to textbook
homework, and for in-class activities for individuals or teams. Students
can review and learn chemistry concepts using our virtual labs,
simulations, and tutorials. Scroll down page for topic.

ChemIDplus: functions as a chemical database, or dictionary, for
over 400,000 chemicals. Using names, synonyms, and structures, readers
may search ChemIDplus for information about select chemicals of
interest.

Chemistry PowerPoint Lessons and Instructional Materials: These particular
resources cover atomic structure, quantum mechanics, atomic size, bonding,
and several dozen additional topics. Visitors can browse through these
resources at their leisure and each topic area includes a brief
description of what is covered in each set of materials. Specifically, the
resources include labs, assignments, worksheets, and handouts. Many of the
resources draw on examples from the "Fundamentals of Chemistry" textbook…

ChemTutor: begins with the fundamentals and gives expert help with the
most difficult phases of understanding your first course in chemistry.
Chemtutor is not necessarily a complete text for your course or a complete
outline, but we are proud to offer some insightful help in the parts of
primary chemistry that have been, from our experience, the hardest for
students to grasp.

Learn Chemistry Chemistry Resources for Teachers. The Royal Society
of Chemistry has created this most useful website to help teachers and
students of chemistry learn about the field via interactive experiments,
diagrams, animations, and so on. The site includes over 3,300 resources.

R/S
Chemistry: focuses on teaching students principles of organic
chemistry – a branch of chemistry that deals with carbon-based
molecules. The website has three difficulties and two different
modes that students can use to practice their skills. There is a
learn mode with an interactive model to help students picture
molecules in three dimensions, and an expert mode that tests their
skills in a timed game.

ChemXSeer: an integrated digital library and database allowing for intelligent search
of documents in the chemistry domain and data obtained from chemical
kinetics.

ChemMatters Magazine – American Chemical Society: Specifically
designed for chemistry teachers and students, but anyone with an
interest in chemistry will find plenty of fascinating material on the
website. Educators may want to begin with the Teacher's Guide section.

Chemistry Laboratory Techniques (MIT's Open Course Ware): Learning to
navigate the treacherous shoals of the chemistry laboratory is tricky
business. The course consists of "intensive practical training in basic
chemistry lab techniques" and the site includes a host of instructional
videos.

DVAction: Digital Video to Assist Chemistry Teachers and Instructors
Online (Northwestern University). Browse the five headings on the
left-hand side of the page to look through Categories, Equipment,
Chemicals, and Titles. Looking over Chemicals will bring up a range of
three dozen chemicals. Each item is accompanied by a short film that
shows a test, interaction, or activity.

Laboratory Safety Videos – UC-San Diego: Designed for use in
academic settings, these short and informative videos provide a wealth
of information. Currently there are twelve videos on the site and they
include "Flash Chromatography 101," "Basic Fume Hood Air Flow and
Operation," and "How to Handle Pyrophoric Reagents." One of the more fun
videos here is "The Periodic Table of Videos," which offers a brief
video on each of the elements.

Chemistry Now: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has joined
forces with NBC Learn and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry by creating "Chemistry
Now" - a weekly, online video series that uncovers and explains the
science of common, physical objects in our world and the changes they
undergo every day.

ChemTube3D: contains interactive 3D animations for some of the most
important organic reactions covered during an undergraduate chemistry
degree with supporting information on reactivity and spectroscopy.
Visitors will want to also look at the list of reactions covered on the
left-hand side of the page.

Science360 - Chemistry: Everything you hear, see, taste, smell and
touch involves chemistry and chemicals. Our ability to understand the
chemical make-up of things and chemical reactions has led to everything
from modern food and drugs to plastics and computers.

ChemSpider:
Award-winning database from The Royal Society of Chemistry provides fast
access to over 30 million chemical structures and properties, as well as
nearly unlimited links and related information. For a quick
introduction, go to the About page and watch the ten-minute introductory
video.

Animated Periodic Table of the Elements: A highly animated version of
the periodic table of the elements. Visitors can browse through the alkali
metals, the alkaline earth metals, and both the lanthanide and actinide
series. As users move their mouse across the table they can learn each
element’s boiling point, its oxidation states, its atomic weight, and its
density. One of the other nice features of the site is that visitors can
also look at each element’s bonding structure.

Hunting the Elements (NOVA): This two-hour program "spins viewers
through the world of weird, extreme chemistry: the strongest acids, the
deadliest poisons, the universe's most abundant elements, and the rarest
of the rare." It's a fascinating way to learn about the history of the
periodic table, and the discovery and properties of the elements.

TED-Ed and Periodic Videos (University of Nottingham): 103
lessons – one for every single element on the periodic table.
Readers may begin with the approximately five-minute video, then
proceed to the Think section, where multiple choices test what
students have learned from the video. Selecting Dig Deeper links
readers to YouTube videos,…

Practical Chemistry: Nuffield Foundation with the Royal Society of
Chemistry (RSC). Practical activities designed to "enable students to
apply and extend their knowledge and understanding of chemistry in novel
investigative situations." It's important to browse the Topics area, as
this contains sections like States of Matter, Bonding, structure,
properties, Analysis, Energy and entropy, and The Earth and atmosphere.

All About Snow - The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC): The severe
weather that has been taking place recently makes All About Snow the place
to be. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) makes it possible for
the snow bunny to find out the pertinent 'Snow Facts,' as well as research
on the
frozen realm of the cryosphere, 'the portion of the Earth's surface where water is
in a solid form, usually snow or ice.'

NSIDC Education Center - Cryosphere: Earth is home to snow and ice in many different forms. These frozen
realms of the cryosphere influence life all over our planet. Here in the
NSIDC Education Center, you will find a range of information about
Earth's snow and ice, from comprehensive "All About" sections to quick
facts on popular snow and ice topics.

Snowflakes and Snow Crystals: Prof. Kenneth Libbrecht at Caltech
University documents the very wide, and very interesting world, of
crystal growth and pattern formation in ice, of snowflakes, snow
crystals, and other ice phenomena.

A
Rocha: Christian nature conservation organization. A Rocha projects
are frequently cross-cultural in character, and share a community
emphasis, with a focus on science and research, practical conservation
and environmental education.

Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies: The integration of
knowledge of the Creation with biblical principles to bring the
Christian community and the general public into a better understanding
of the Creator and the stewardship of His creation.

The Catholic Climate Covenant: encourages greater personal and
shared engagement by the Catholic community to live out our faith by
caring for God’s creation and the "least of these" in response to the
challenges of global climate change.

Teaching Climate (NOAA): Earth's climate is a mind bogglingly
complex system of interdependent parts and teaching about that system is
no easy task. This site from NOAA climate.gov provides all the resources
teachers need to bring the subject to life.

The Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE): Educators, students,
and scientists working together to improve the quality, quantity, and
efficiency of teaching and learning about the Earth system at all levels. DLESE resources include electronic materials for both teachers and
learners, such as lesson plans, maps, images, data sets, visualizations,
assessment activities, curriculum, online courses, and much more. Click on
Educational Resources and Educators Overview.

The Dynamic Earth: the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History brings
alive the fascinating history of the Earth from the perspective of the
physical sciences. After a dramatic introduction, visitors can explore the
Earth's history in four sections: "Gems and Minerals", "Rocks and Mining",
"Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes", and "The Solar System".

Earth Day
Network: founded on
the premise that all people…have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable
environment. Our mission is to broaden and diversify the environmental
movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for
promoting a healthy, sustainable environment.

Earthwatch
Institute: Scientific
field research and education to promote the understanding and action
necessary for a sustainable environment.

Earthwatch - Education: curriculum ideas and lesson plans inspired by
other educators' experiences on Earthwatch expeditions. These resources
are free and available for you to use.

EnergyStar.gov: a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and
protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.

Environmental Health Science Education - an education outreach of
the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Provides
educators, students and scientists with easy access to reliable tools,
resources and classroom materials. It seeks to invest in the future of
environmental health science by increasing awareness of the link between
the environment and human health.

Geography4Kids: Introduction to the earth sciences that includes topics on the Earth's
structure, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.

Kids
do Ecology: presented in both English and Spanish. Features an introduction to the
scientific method, a learning lab, pages on Marine Mammals, a section on
World Biomes and Conservation Projects.

Lesson Resources for Teachers. There are booklets, fact sheets, websites, and flyers
all arranged into neat and tidy sections. The Booklets area includes
"You and Your Genes-Making it in a Tough Environment" and "Guide to
Keeping Laboratory Notebooks." The Fact Sheets section includes
overviews of endocrine disruptors, allergens, and environmental factors
and breast cancer risk.

The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science
(Annenberg Learner). Course components include 13 half-hour video
programs, a coordinated Web site which includes the streamed video
programs, the course text online, five interactive simulations,
background on the scientists who created the content and those whose
research is documented, a professional development guide…

Ultimate Guide to Recycling in Your Home: Learn more about the
dos and don’ts of recycling, how to decode recycling symbols, the
process your used products go through and how to set up a home
recycling system including printable labels to separate your glass,
plastic, paper and metals.

Geomagnetism: The
National Geophysical Data Center maintains archives of geomagnetic data to
further the understanding of Earth magnetism and the Sun-Earth
environment. Data at NGDC include surface, ocean, airborne and satellite
measurements, as well as models of the main field and its secular change,
and models of the Space - Earth environment.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility: an international open data
infrastructure, funded by governments providing access to data about all
types of life on Earth, shared across national boundaries via the
Internet.

Good
Clean Tech: The Independent Guide to Ecotechnology. Aims to provide
you with news, tips, advice, and ideas about how to do more with less.

Patterns and Processes in Ecology (HHMI BioInteractive): features a
plethora of award-winning multimedia resources related to science
education, from short films to virtual labs to holiday lectures. This
collection of lectures by Princeton University professors Dr. Pringle
and Dr. Tarnita focuses its attention on the sometimes surprising
patterns and processes in ecological systems.

MarineBio:
Global mission is to share the wonders of the ocean to inspire
conservation, education, research and a sea ethic.

Bridge Ocean Education Teacher Resource Center: "an ocean of
teacher-approved marine education resources." It's the result of a great
collaboration between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) and the Virginia Sea Grant Marine Advisory
Program. Offered on its homepage are a range of lesson plans,
professional development opportunities, and an assortment of Ocean
Science Topics.

Explorations: e-magazine of the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography based at the University of California at San Diego.
Explorations was created to educate the public about their projects
and research. Visitors will find a trove of multimedia features,
magazine articles, and information about conservation activities
designed to protect the world's oceans for future generations.

National Ocean Service - Education (NOAA): presents tutorials, lessons, and multimedia activities
for learning about corals, estuaries, ocean currents, tides, and pollution
from diffuse sources. Learn about the waters and habitats where rivers
meet the sea and form some of the world’s most productive ecosystems; and
geodesy, the science of measuring and monitoring the shape of the earth
and the location of points on its surface.

Nature – Beauty – Gratitude by Louie Schwartzberg (TEDTalks). His
stunning time-lapse photography, accompanied by powerful words from
Benedictine monk David Steindl-Rast, serves as a meditation on being
grateful for every day.

Wings of Life: Louie Schwartzberg presents the unsung heroes of
the global food chain. You will witness, as never before, fantastic
journeys that are full of wonder, drama and beauty.…Visually
stunning and emotional, the story is told from the flower's point of
view. For the first time ever, you will witness a world hidden from
the naked eye-and it will be an experience you will never forget.

Nature & Science - Teacher Resources (National Park Service): Exemplary
set of educational resources which draws on their greatest assets,
namely national parks from Maine to Utah. The main area on their
homepage features over a dozen teacher guides and park programs that
feature detailed geology lessons that draw on the landscapes of Yosemite
National Park and the dynamic volcanoes of Hawaii.

Nature's Fury: The Science of Natural Disasters from the American
Museum of Natural History. From earthquakes and volcanoes to tornadoes
and hurricanes, nature's forces shape our dynamic planet and often
endanger people around the world. Uncovers the causes of these natural
forces, explores the consequences, and considers the risks they pose.

Data Resources for Educators (NOAA Education Resources). Designed
to help educators find data resources that range from classroom
ready, student-friendly interfaces to raw real-time and historical
data. The resources here are grouped into several topic areas,
including Classroom Ready, Oceans & Freshwater, Climate, and
Visualization.

NOAA's National
Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) provides scientific stewardship,
products, and services for geophysical data from the Sun to the Earth and
Earth's sea floor and solid earth environment, including Earth
observations from space.

NOAA Daily Briefing:
Aggregates real
time weather, climate, and environment related news and statistics from
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency. The site is referred to as
NOAA’s "All Hazard Monitor."

NOAA Photo Library: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration makes thousands of stunning high resolution images
available for download for free. They are organized into a number of
Collections.

SciJinks is all about weather! (NOAA/NASA): Dedicated to
teaching young scientists about weather and weather-related careers.
This resource contains interactive games, educational videos,
images, posters, and classroom activities.

Resource Recycling: the leading independent source for quality news
and information for recycling and composting businesses, government
agencies, waste haulers, and other recycling professionals.

The Rain Barrel Company: leading resource of rain barrels for rain
water recycling, renewable water solutions, water recycling. Embrace
nature's solution to our emerging water shortage with eco-friendly,
green solutions.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
provides reliable scientific information to describe and understand the
Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage
water, biological, energy, and mineral resources.

Weather Education (NOAA) - The National Weather Service's Office of
Climate, Water, and Weather Services: Offers a range of materials for
educators and students which includes lesson plans, brochures, satellite
image collections and career information for the fields of meteorology
and climatology. Includes eight topical sections, including "Classroom
Materials", "Careers in Weather", and "Graphics, Photos, Images".

The National Weather Service: a component of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an Operating Unit of
the U.S. Department of Commerce. Provides weather, water, and
climate data, forecasts and warnings for the protection of life and
property and enhancement of the national economy. Customize your
local forecast in the left column.

UM
Weather (Univ. of Michigan - Dept. of Atmospheric, Oceanic, & Space
Sciences): the Internet's premier source of up-to-date weather
information, and the Net's largest collection of weather links. Note a
search engine window on the right side called "Fast Forecast." Type in the
ZIP Code, or name of location and click "Get it."

Storm Instability - Mike Hollingshead. Follow Mike on his first
chase beginning in 1999 as well as access his 'Images by Year,' the
earliest being taken in 1996 prior to Mike's beginning his actual
'chasing' pastime that has evolved into a career. The Storm
Glossary/Info section will help you understand supercell storm
structure, the various cloud formations and lightening associated with
tornados.

Types of Clouds (The Old Farmer’s Almanac): By observing clouds,
you can often predict the incoming weather. Clouds are classified by
their altitude (height in the sky) and their shape. Here are some
common types of clouds.

What Can Be Recycled?: A List of 200+ Items. "…a recycling resource
with information about how to dispose of the items we use most often."

7 Types of Plastic that You Need to Know: Plastic isn’t as simple as
you may think. Each one of them is different from the others. Some of
them are reusable, the others produce hazardous material after several
uses. Some are easily recyclable, others need more sophisticated and
intricate handling in its recycling process.

Windows to the Universe: Myths, Stories and Art (National Earth
Science Teachers Association). An exploration of all matters in "Earth
and Space sciences and the historical and cultural ties between science,
exploration, and the human experience. " The Culture section of the site
is quite a find and allows visitors to browse the collection of myths,
folk tales, and stories about the Earth and sky.

The Civil Engineer: a useful one-stop shop for news, scholarly
publications, educational resources, and job information related to
civil engineering. Two especially helpful sections of this website
are the Publications and Education sections. Another great feature
of the Education section are the Calculation Examples and
Educational Websites.

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Engineering in the Classroom. NASA's
JPL has created this series of K-12 curriculum materials that align with
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). These materials are designed
to help young scientists understand the Engineering Design Process used
at the Jet Laboratory and to use this process to participate in
engineering themselves.

Physics.org: Your guide to physics on the Web. Explore a wide
variety of physics sites and topics, Discover the world of physics right
around you every day, Study physics with advice and tips for studying
and taking exams.

The Physics Classroom: an online, free to use physics website
developed primarily for beginning physics students and their teachers.
Features a variety of sections intended to support both teachers and
students in the tasks of learning and teaching physics.

Physics Girl:
Start with the Popular Videos section of the home page. Moving on,
readers will also find a well-stocked archive of
YouTube videos exploring questions such as "Why is the universe
flat?" and "What's the difference between a solar and lunar eclipse?"
Teachers and educators will particularly enjoy the Education section of
the website, replete with Educational Video Topics, links to Other
Awesome Physics YouTube Channels…

The Feynman Lectures on Physics: now available in their entirety
online and for free. "First presented in the early 1960s at Caltech by
the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, the lectures were
eventually turned into a book by Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, and
Matthew Sands.

Physics for the 21st Century: a wonderful new resource for physics
teachers, students, and anyone else who would care to learn more about
dark matter, string theory, and other "big topics in modern physics".
Produced by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Science
Media Group in association with the Harvard University Department of
Physics.

What is a Leap Second? (Time and Date.com): Konstantin Bikos and
Anne Buckle. Every now and then a leap second is added to Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC) in order to synchronize clocks worldwide with the
Earth's ever slowing rotation.

"Asking Effective Questions": Chicago Center for Teaching (The
University of Chicago) by Brandon Cline, Divinity School and Teaching
Consultant at the Chicago Center for Teaching (scroll down until "The
Power of Questions" section).

Discovery Education: transforms classrooms, empowers teachers
and captivates students by leading the way in providing high quality,
dynamic, digital content to school districts large and small, rural and
suburban and everything in between.

Doing What Works (US Dept. of Ed.): dedicated to assisting teachers in the implementation of effective
educational practices. Contains practice guides developed by the
Department’s Institute of Education Sciences that evaluate research on the
effectiveness of teaching practices described in the guides. Also contains
examples of possible ways this research may be used, but not necessarily
the only ways to implement these teaching practices.

EducationCorner®: a comprehensive Internet guide to the best
education sites, resources and articles on the Web. All education topics
and resources are sorted by subject and lifestage, so you can find
precisely what you're looking for quickly…

Getting Results: this self-contained professional development course
is designed to "challenge previous thinking about teaching and learning
and give you the basic tools for effective classroom practices."
Enhanced with online videos and worksheets, the course contains six
modules, including "Moving Beyond the Classroom" and "Teaching with
Technology".

Lesson Planning Articles (LessonPlanet): Timely and inspiring
curriculum planning and teaching ideas and strategies that you can apply
in your own classroom. These articles are written by experienced
Pre-K-12 teachers and provide you with useful links to lesson plans that
have been reviewed by our teacher team.

LD OnLine.org: the world's leading website on learning disabilities
and ADHD. LD OnLine seeks to help children and adults reach their full
potential by providing accurate and up-to-date information and advice
about learning disabilities and ADHD.

Open Textbooks Library: Open textbooks are textbooks that have been
funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and
distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of
colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be
downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost.

Support for Students Exposed to Trauma
(RAND Corp.): 200-page manual
that offers an overview of the "Support for Students Exposed to Trauma" (SSET)
program. which is "a series of ten lessons whose structured approach aims
to reduce distress resulting from exposure to trauma."

Teach For
America: The national corps of outstanding recent college graduates
of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural
public schools and become lifelong leaders in ensuring educational equity
and excellence for all children. Our mission is to build the movement to
eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising
future leaders in the effort.

TeachersFirst: a rich collection of lessons, units, and web
resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they
need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format.

TeachNet: The
Teachers Network is a site 'by
teachers, for teachers.' Its mission is 'to empower, recognize, and
connect teachers to improve student learning, and to advocate for teacher
leadership, all for the public good.' You'll find lesson plans, essays by
those in the work force on their teaching experiences and also a list of
grants available to educators. This site is also valuable as a resource
for anyone interested in teaching instruction, as well as a good resource
for home schooling.

Teacher Resources
- Annenberg
Media: distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and
print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers.

Teachers Resources (LOC): Classroom materials and professional
development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the
Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.

Teach With Movies: Great resource for those looking to integrate
moving pictures into their classroom environments. On this website,
visitors will find Snippets & Shorts, Sciences, Movie Worksheets, and a
substantial variety of other areas. The Snippets & Shorts area is a
particular gem, as it offers suggestions for using a range of popular
films to teach concepts in science, history, English, and other
subjects.

Wingclips – Movie clips that illustrate and inspire: Now you can
view inspirational movie clips from many of your favorite films. These
WingClips™ can also be downloaded to use in your school, church or other
organization. Search by Movie Title, Scripture, Category, of Theme.

The Teacher's Guide to Using YouTube in the Classroom: A completely
free resource this huge and varied has nearly endless potential for the
classroom. Here are some ideas and suggestions to get you started.
YouTube has over 10 million videos tagged as educational, many of them
submitted by fellow teachers.

TryScience Teachers: a wealth of resources to help you integrate TryScience and
science center resources into your classroom activities, connect with
your parents and students, and more!

BASIC-256: BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming.
It uses traditional control structures like gosub, for/next, and goto,
which helps kids easily see how program flow-control works. It has a
built-in graphics mode which lets them draw pictures on screen in minutes,
and a set of detailed, easy-to-follow tutorials that introduce programming
concepts through fun exercises.

Campus
Technology: Tracking
changes in the ways technology is harnessed on college campuses. Visitors
can read through sections that address current news items related to
campus technology, take a look at their latest newsletter, and read
articles from the print edition. One section that is particularly useful
for those in the world of information technology is the "Resources" area
that includes "White Papers" on timely topics.

DigitalLiteracy.gov: Your destination for digital literacy resources
and collaboration. Created by the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, an arm of the Commerce Department to give
schools, libraries and job training centers the tools to help teach
computer and Internet skills to Americans who are new to the Net. The
site offers links to everything from basic Web surfing tips and online
banking tutorials to resume-building services and resources on combating cyberbullying. It is to ensure that all Americans have access to
high-speed Internet connections and the skills needed to use them to
compete in today's digital economy.

Ditch That Textbook: all about teaching with less reliance on the
textbook with an emphasis on using technology and creative teaching
ideas.

The
Edublogger: Tips, Tricks, and Help for Educators and Bloggers Using
Technology. Serves as the community blog for Edublogs and CampusPress,
is designed to help educational bloggers with emerging technologies in
education. This site is recommended for anyone who wants to stay
up-to-date on how Internet technologies can be integrated into the
classroom.

Educational CyberPlayGround: Provides K-12 interdisciplinary, multicultural collaborative online
thematic curriculum modules for schools, home schooled, and learning
centers. The main focus of the site is to improve reading and "help all
children,…teachers, and regular folks to learn to use and feel comfortable
with technology."

The EnhancED (Columbia
Center for New Media Teaching and Learning - CCNMTL): New media tools and
resources for enhancing education. A compilation of trends and findings
best practices and in-depth explorations related to educational
technologies.

Facebook:
The (Very) Unofficial Privacy Guide (MakeUseOf.com). This amazing
guide outlines a variety of things regarding Facebook privacy, starting
from how to make sure a comment meant for your friends isn't seen by
co-workers to keeping your Facebook information off Google's search
results and blocking unwanted users. Plus a few things you probably didn't
even know you wanted to know.

Google Web
Search - Classroom Lessons and Resources. These Search Education
lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers to help educators
learn better search skills in their classroom. The lessons are short,
modular and not specific to any discipline so you can mix and match to
what best fits the needs of your classroom. Additionally, all lessons come
with a companion set of slides (and some with additional resources) to
help you guide your in-class discussions.

Google Tips and Tricks Every Student Should Know (Lifehacker.com):
Many of these tips you've no doubt learned before from our previous
Google coverage, but every worthwhile subject is worth reviewing now
and again, and today we're looking specifically at the best Google
tricks for students.

The Beginner’s Guide to Google Docs: If you're just getting
started with Google Docs, its extensive features and add-ons can be
a little overwhelming. Google Docs is a free, web-based word
processor offered by Google as part of its complete office suite –
Google Drive – to compete with Microsoft Office. The other main
services included in the cloud-based suite are Sheets (Excel) and
Slides (Powerpoint).

The Guide to Pinterest for Educators (USC Rossier School of
Education) – a handbook designed with today's digitally literate
educators in mind. This handbook provides teachers and administrators
with the tools needed to not only navigate Pinterest, but also to use
the social platform as a powerful learning tool for both teachers and
students.

Guide to Search Internet like a Pro (MakeUseOf.com). How to formulate your
search queries, instead just 'asking' questions to the mighty Google, and
how many different content-specific search engines there are at your
disposal.

How To Download A YouTube Video To Windows Media Player (MakeUseOf.com).
This article is mainly concerned with how to view YouTube videos in
Windows Media Player, regardless of how you obtained the files and what
file format they are in. Hence, we can neglect the third option.

KeepVid: Download and save any video
from Youtube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, iFilm and more!

How to Make a Screencast Tutorial for YouTube (MakeUseof): One of
the most popular types of YouTube video is the screencast – the desktop
tutorial that shows you how to do almost anything, from making better
use of the Windows 10 shell, to something simple like switching your
desktop theme.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3): a partnership between the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and
the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). IC3's mission is to serve as a
vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the
rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber
crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts
authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations.

McAfee Avert Stinger:
stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not
a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist
administrators and users when dealing with an infected system.

Microsoft Office 2010: Ultimate Tips & Tricks (MakeUseOf.com).
Points out all the best new features of Microsoft’s office suite,
and explains them all in one handy guide. Office 2010 is so expansive
that even veteran users will often find that they aren’t expert in even
half of the capabilities the software offers.

Microsoft Word Training Modules: These training modules address such topics as
inserting images in MS Word, creating signs with MS Word, and keyboard
shortcuts. Each of the modules is written with introductory users in mind,
and they include helpful graphics that illustrate different actions and
tools. Additionally, the site also includes a series of "Beyond the
Basics" learning modules that provide guidance on how to use the mail
merge function and how to create hyperlinks within MS Word.

Getting Started With Excel: This tutorial is part of the StudyFinance.com of the
University of Arizona. It is divided into eight sections, which include
"Entering and Editing Data", "Formatting the Worksheet", and "Creating a
Chart". Each section contains several short paragraphs of text,
complemented effectively with a few helpful graphics. The tutorial is
rounded out by several problem assignments that will make sure students
have mastered some of the basic features of Excel.

Microsoft Excel Tutorials: Looking to get better at Excel? For
free? SpreedSheet0 released a 7-part free Excel course. The training
gives you a strong foundation and understanding of Excel – in just
about a week. "No hidden fees."

MS Excel Tips by
Allen Wyatt: a powerful program, and you can make it even more
powerful by learning the Excel tips, Excel tricks, and Excel tutorials
that help make you an Excel guru.

Chandoo: probably the most comprehensive Excel resource on the
Web today that continues to update with new tips, tricks, and
discoveries even to this day. If you’re an absolute beginner, you
should start with the Excel Basics page where you’ll learn how to
navigate the fundamentals. Afterwards, you can explore several other
pages, which lead all the way to the Advanced Excel page.

Excel Exposure: a learning resource developed at the University
of Reddit, a community of teachers who provide free courses on a
wide range of intellectual and artistic topics. Author recommends
checking out the Lesson Guide which lists the lessons in the ideal
order for viewing, especially if you plan on going through the
course start to finish.

Excel is Fun: YouTube channel with over 2,400 tutorial videos
that explore every nook and cranny that exists in Excel. These
videos are carefully organized into 50+ playlists, each targeting a
particular focus area (e.g. accounting tips, charts and graphs,
interface basics, etc).

Create a Resume Template with Microsoft Word: Creating a
resume that specifically targets the needs of a particular job
posting – but rewriting it from scratch can be a time-consuming
process. Instead, use this guide to create a template that can
act as a foundation for any job you might want to apply for…all
that's left is to add in the specifics when it's time to send it
off to a prospective employer.

The Practical Guide to Mac Security: Gary Rosenzweig's "FREE course
with 24 lessons that will enable the typical home and office Mac user to
secure their Mac from dangers like malware, online account break-ins,
data loss, and online scams."

SeniorNet: Our mission is to provide older adults education for and
access to computer technologies to enhance their lives and enable them to
share their knowledge and wisdom.

Technology Assisting Literacy Knowledge (TALK): The Classroom Literacy
Guide is a rollup of best practices in literacy, consistent for all grade
levels, that is put into a form useful for instructional planning,
self-evaluation, peer-mentorship and staff development. It is the "how to"
for a good literacy-based program.

Web Site Accessibility - Section 3: Section 508: ADA, and Web Sites. Section
508 and the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) establish U.S.
requirements for Web accessibility. The annotated resources below provide
links to official documentation and articles and tutorials about how to
follow these guidelines and regulations.

What
is Web Proxy? It provides a level of privacy for the user by masking
their information from the websites they are visiting.

Wolfram for Education:
dedicated to the advancement of science and mathematics education. For
both students and educators, this educational portal contains a collection
of resources spanning all pre-college grade levels, including dynamic
classroom Demonstrations.

WordWeb: comprehensive one-click
English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows. It can be used to look up
words from almost any program, showing definitions, synonyms and related
words. It includes pronunciations and usage examples, and has helpful
spelling and sounds-like links.